In Primorye, the social worker kidnapped 4.5 million in incompetent patients

The Oktyabrsky District Court of the Primorsky Territory sentenced the former specialist in social work to two and a half years, finding him guilty of the theft of money from incapable patients of a neuropsychiatric boarding school. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office.

According to the court, the convicted person worked in the Pokrovsky Psychoneurological boarding school. In the period from January to July 2020, he in collusion with his colleague opened bank accounts for 17 incompetent patients. Patients signed a power of attorney that boarding school employees can use money on the account. Social workers transferred the funds of guests of the boarding school to debit cards, and then cashed.

In total, the employees of the institution stole 4.5 million rubles, two of which the convict returned during a preliminary investigation. The criminal case against the second employee of the boarding school was allocated into separate proceedings.

• In November 2020, hospital No. 4 of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, re-profiled for the treatment of patients with COVID-19, placed 67 guests of the neuropsychiatric boarding school (PNI) from the Berezovaya village due to the outbreak of coronavirus in this institution. They were brought unaccompanied by orderlies. On the fourth day of stay, there was an attack on the nurse. One patient from PNI attacked a nurse, tore the dressing gown. Doctors had to tie her to the bed.
• In 2018, the prosecutor's office of the Jewish autonomy found violations in the work of the Birobidzhan Psychoneurological boarding school, where 11 patients died from pneumonia. The spread of infection was facilitated by the overcrowding of the board of the boarding school. The wards of the institution also did not provide full power supply