Overview
- The Central District Court reset Thursday’s start times to 14:30 and 16:00 local time, which correspond to 10:30 and 12:00 in Moscow.
- Detained officials are Chief Physician Vitaly Kheraskov and acting head of neonatal intensive care Alexey Emikh.
- Investigators are pursuing a case on causing death by negligence and on negligence following the hospital deaths.
- Nine newborns died in January at Maternity Hospital No. 1 in Novokuznetsk, and the maternity ward was closed after respiratory infection levels exceeded a threshold.
- The chief physician was earlier suspended pending checks, and courts and investigators have issued updates through regional press services.