The Investigative Committee opened a case regarding the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code) due to the death of three residents of a boarding house for the elderly in Izhevsk. This was reported by the press service of the department's department for Udmurtia.
According to the investigation, on October 8, an 82-year-old resident dissolved chlorine-containing tablets in water to clean the room. As a result, four elderly women were sent on chlorine fumes. Three of them died, another was hospitalized and is receiving medical care.
“As part of the criminal investigation, the scene of the incident was inspected and witnesses were being questioned. Medical and chemical forensic examinations have been ordered,” the department added.
According to GovoritNeMoskva, the incident occurred at the Lesnoy Khutor boarding house for the elderly, which does not have a medical license. Two years ago, the death of another resident became known. According to Udm-Info, doctors were not called for more than a day for a pensioner with signs of heart failure, and eventually she died. The management of Lesnoy Khutor claimed that the employees themselves tried to help the elderly woman.
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In Russia, nursing homes often operate illegally — without medical licenses and with unqualified staff. In addition, they do not comply with safety measures for elderly guests. The most common cause of mass death of guests of such establishments is fires.
Dozens of elderly people have died in the last few years alone: seven people died in Tyumen, 11 residents of a nursing home in Bashkiria also died in a fire, and 12 elderly people died in a Krasnogorsk boarding house. Another 20 residents of such an institution died in Kemerovo.