Overview
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened cases for causing death by negligence and negligence, detaining chief physician Vitaly Kheraskov and acting neonatal ICU head Alexey Emikh.
- The maternity facility is temporarily closed on sanitary grounds, obstetric inpatient admissions are halted for disinfection, and patients are being rerouted to other hospitals.
- The General Prosecutor placed the case under oversight as Roszdravnadzor and Rospotrebnadzor conduct inspections and prosecutors assess compliance with health, budgeting, procurement, and sanitation rules.
- Investigators initiated additional reviews of social media reports on poor care and deaths from 2018, 2021, and 2024, and prosecutors will inspect clinics that monitored the mothers during pregnancy.
- A reporter observed boxes of documents being taken from the hospital during investigative actions, while six infants remain in intensive care under continuous monitoring.