Doctor Mikhail Kleimenov, who discovered alcohol in the blood of a child who died in an accident in Balashikha in the spring of 2017, was removed from office. TASS reports this. As the official representative of the Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko, said, a criminal case of negligence is now being investigated against Kleimenov.

A resident of Chelyabinsk with a positive HIV status contacted the human rights project “Equal protects equal” of the E.V.A. association. complaining that after treatment at a local hospital he was unable to walk. Also, according to the man, the medical institution refused to provide him with services for which he paid, explaining this by the fact that he had HIV.

The Investigative Committee for the Kirov Region is conducting a pre-investigation check on reports of violations of the rights of residents of a city boarding home for the elderly and disabled. This is reported on the department's website. On November 14, Komsomolskaya Pravda wrote that residents of the boarding home complained about the lack of pension payments. Pensioners claimed that money was being withheld for “strange social services” and “some invented” fines.

Scientists at the Kurchatov Institute have developed a unique OncoBox test, which will allow cancer patients to choose the most effective treatment. As Izvestia was told at the Kurchatov Institute, up to 70% of patients with cancer die not from the tumor itself, but from the side effects of drugs. The OncoBox test will allow you to select drugs with minimal harmful effects.

The online course “Journey into Medical Volunteering” for aspiring volunteers and medical workers collaborating with them was presented at the Palliative Care Center on November 16.

Pharmacologists in southern Russia are beginning clinical trials of a new painkiller that is more effective than morphine, but is not addictive. TASS reports this. As Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Spasov said during a scientific conference in Pyatigorsk, there are no analogues to the new development. The medicine is superior to painkillers such as morphine and promedol, and also does not cause addictive side effects.

Six natives of Chechnya, accused of hooliganism, cut their veins during a meeting of the Moscow City Court, Interfax reports . The lawyer of one of the accused, Shamil Yandarbaev, said that an ambulance was called to the courthouse and the men were provided with medical assistance. At that moment, the court was considering extending the arrest period for six men. Yandarbaev said that he did not have information on how the accused managed to smuggle the blades with them.

In the Arkhangelsk region, filming is underway based on the autobiographical story “The Second Bitch in His Life” by the author of “Such Things” Svetlana Komarova. The working title of the full-length film directed by Andrei Karasov is “Crystal Souls.” One of the most popular materials on TD, “ The Second Bitch in His Life ,” talks about a primary school teacher in the remote Khabarovsk village of 43 km and her repeat student Sashka Gabelkin.

The Investigative Committee for the Krasnoyarsk Territory opened a criminal case under the article “Negligence” against employees of the Ermakovsky orphanage, where they beat a 15-year-old girl. As reported by the Investigative Committee of Russia, on the evening of November 4, a conflict arose among teenagers in the Ermakovsky orphanage - several girls beat a 15-year-old pupil. The employees of the orphanage, including the director, found out about this, but did not report it to the police.

The Kazan Human Rights Center and the “Zone of Law” asked the Investigative Committee to check new reports of torture in the Nizhnekamsk police. Human rights activists learned about them after the suicide of Ilnaz Pirkin, who was abused by security forces. At least three more episodes are now known. The first case occurred in November 2015, Mediazona reports .