In the Altai Territory, a criminal case was opened due to the death of a seven-year-old child in a hospital

“A criminal case has been initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Art.

109 of the Criminal Code of Russia (causing death by negligence, as a result of improper performance by a person of his professional duties), ”the message says.

According to the investigation, on the night of January 28, while providing medical assistance to a 7-year-old boy in the Volchikhinsky Central District Hospital, the child stopped breathing and was declared dead.

A viral infection was named as the preliminary cause of death.

Earlier, the chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to open a criminal case on the death of a newborn in a hospital in the city of Tynda, Amur Region.