St. Petersburg authorities explained the dismissal of the chief physician of the Botkin Hospital

This is reported by TASS.

“The dismissal of the head physician was not due to the fact that four people left the hospital. The fact that they left the hospital is a consequence of the systemic problems that exist in this institution, including the observance of the requirements of sanitary and epidemiological legislation, ”Lisovets said.

He noted that he was personally convinced of this by visiting the hospital a few days before the dismissal of the head physician.

Earlier, a group of deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg called on Governor Alexander Beglov to reinstate Yakovlev.

It was noted that the chief physician of the Botkin Hospital was fired after four patients with suspected coronavirus escaped from the quarantine block.

Later it became known that the coronavirus was not confirmed in the patient who escaped from the institution of the patient Alla Ilyina.