14:00, 4 January 2013

Resident of Dagestan complains of doctors' procrastination in helping her baby

For the second day, a one-year-old child is in grave condition at the district hospital in the village Agvali, the Tsumadin District of Dagestan; doctors, accused by parents of acting too slowly, cannot bring down the baby's high temperature.

A post about this was published by blogger Abdurashid Saidovon the Facebook. According to his story, for two days the doctors of the rural hospital cannot find way to bring down the baby's temperature, which is 40.3 degrees Celsius, briefly falling down to 38.5.

The mother with a sick child in her arms goes from one block to the other, looking for help; she even came home to the paediatrician.

"I'm told that my baby has a cold, but no real care is rendered," the mother named Maryam told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Author: Karina Gadzhieva

Source: CK correspondent