"Mocking a person is unacceptable"

Journalists of the Rotonda publication talked with two doctors who signed an open letter in support of the politician Alexei Navalny.

As follows from the publication of Rotonta, most doctors from St. Petersburg who signed the letter work in private clinics, left Russia or changed their profession.

Two doctors who continue to treat people in state hospitals and clinics told reporters why they were not afraid to stand up for Navalny.

Why doctors signed a letter. “I signed a letter because ... everyone has the right to medical assistance, whether he is in the wild or prison,” said the urkhtiev urkhtiev, a urkhtiev urban.

According to Mekhtiev, Navalny did nothing wrong with the colony officers did not specially provide him with medical care.

Transfusiologist Mikhail Stmitban signed a letter, "because it is unacceptable to mock a person under any conditions." “Who and how relates to Navalny is everyone’s business. But he is primarily a person and deserves respect and support, ”the doctor added.

What else did the doctors say. Mekhtiev told Rotontus that the leadership of the hospital in which he works did not discuss with him a letter in support of Navalny. According to the doctor, his colleagues are neutral about what is happening and afraid to lose "the tiny salary that they have."

In a conversation with Rotonda, Streamban added that he was not afraid of a negative reaction from the authorities. “I am 59 years old, I'm tired of being afraid,” the doctor added.

The transfusiologist also does not discuss policy with colleagues. According to him, at present, “it is easy to stop respecting a person” and “it will be difficult to work with him further”, especially in medicine.

What you need to know. Russian doctors wrote an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin demanding “stop bullying” over Navalny, allow civilian doctors to him and hospitalize him in the hospital if there are medical indications.

Earlier, a message appeared on Navalny's social networks, according to which a schizo was sent for the tenth time during the imprisonment. The lawyer Vadim Kobzev also said that Navalny is in the isolation ward "with temperature, fever and cough."