Overview
- Kemerovo regional prosecutors will review compliance at clinics where the mothers were monitored, assessing sanitary standards, drug supplies, and equipment condition.
- The Investigative Committee detained chief physician Vitaliy Kheraskov and acting neonatal ICU head Aleksey Emikh on suspicion of negligence and causing death by negligence, with custody and charges under consideration.
- Maternity Hospital No. 1 remains closed on sanitary grounds after exceeding a respiratory infection threshold, and deliveries are being redirected to Maternity Hospital No. 2.
- Regional health authorities said the nine infants who died had intrauterine infections, and six newborns are still in intensive care.
- A RIA Novosti reporter observed boxes of documents being taken from the hospital as the case was moved to the Investigative Committee’s central apparatus and Roszdravnadzor launched broader reviews.