Doctors failed to render adequate help to child who died in Rostov, investigators assert

The death of a child from meningoencephalitis in Rostov-on-Don could be a result of negligence of health workers, investigators believe.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on June 2, a child, who attended the kindergarten "Teremok" in Rostov-on-Don, was hospitalized with a diagnosis of "acute purulent meningoencephalitis". On June 4, the child died. As at 9:00 a.m. on June 6, in total, 78 children were under doctors' supervision; 28 of them were hospitalized.

The Investigating Department for the Rostov Region of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has opened a criminal case under the article of "causing death by negligence due to improper performance of one's professional duties" (Part 2, Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code that provides for the restriction of freedom for up to three years), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed by the press service of the ICRF.

According to investigators, the parents of the perished child "were repeatedly visited by paediatricians": an ambulance came; however, "only after a resolute request of the mother the child was hospitalized."

On June 5, the above Department of the ICRF initiated a criminal case against the head of the kindergarten under the article of "negligence".

In the near future, investigators intend to check how other kindergarten workers performed their duties, whether the medical care to children was rendered timely, and whether the children groups were no overcrowded. So far, no criminal cases have been opened against other workers, a source from the ICRF has specified.