“During the fire, one of the department’s doctors received poisoning from combustion products, at present there is no threat to his life,” the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

As a result of a fire in the city hospital of St. George in St. Petersburg on May 12, five people were killed.

According to preliminary data, the cause was a short circuit - one of the ventilators caught fire. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case.

Currently, St. George's Hospital has restored work after a fire.

Families of those killed in a fire will be paid a million rubles.