The management of a sanatorium in Kabardino-Balkaria escaped punishment for infecting patients with hepatitis and HIV

A court in Nalchik sentenced a nurse at a private sanatorium to four years in prison, finding her guilty of mass infecting patients with dangerous diseases. The sanatorium's general director and doctor escaped punishment. 

As reported by the " Caucasian Knot ," medical staff and management of a private sanatorium in Nalchik were accused of infecting five people with HIV and 71 patients with hepatitis C. The sanatorium's license  was revoked . The case was brought to court in March; the victims told the "Caucasian Knot" that a nurse failed to open disposable syringes in front of patients.

The Nalchik City Court in Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced a nurse at a private sanatorium, finding her guilty of violating sanitary regulations and infecting several patients with HIV. 

"By court order, the nurse received a sentence of four years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony," Interfax-Yug quotes an employee of the United Press Service of the Republic's Courts as saying today. 

He clarified that the court terminated the criminal prosecution of the sanatorium's general director and doctor due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

According to the case file on the Nalchik City Court website, the final hearing took place on December 8, after which the court retired to the deliberation room to consider the verdict. The date of the verdict, as of 5:22 PM Moscow time, is not listed. The details of two defendants—Ozrokov and Uzdenov—are listed, but the nurse's details are withheld.

The "Caucasian Knot" has not yet received comments from the lawyers for the accused and the victims regarding their plans to appeal the verdict.