NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Sep 6 Patients of the oncology department of the Semyonovskaya regional hospital in the Nizhny Novgorod region are being treated by specialists from the Nizhny Novgorod regional oncology center after the arrest of the head of the department, the region's health ministry said.
According to investigators, from November 2022 to July 2023, the head of the department of antitumor drug therapy of the central district hospital of the Semenovsky district instructed nurses to administer saline injections to patients suffering from oncology, or to use antitumor and immunostimulating drugs in a reduced dosage with the addition of saline. For what purpose the head of the department of oncology gave such instructions, the investigation does not specify. A criminal case was initiated under the article on abuse of power, the man was arrested.
“Currently, medical care for patients of the oncological department of the Semenovskaya Central Regional Hospital is provided in full in accordance with the standards and clinical recommendations… specialists of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary on a rotational basis,» the regional Ministry of Health explained to the agency.
To the question whether the Ministry of Health conducts its inspection in the hospital, the department replied that «during the implementation of investigative measures, it is not possible to conduct departmental inspections.»