City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1 of St. Petersburg

History

2022

Those accused of the death of 7 patients of the medical center from barium sulfate in St. Petersburg were released from the pre-trial detention center

At the end of September 2022, there was a turn in the case of four doctors at the consultative and diagnostic center in St. Petersburg (CDC No. 1), accused of patients from barium sulfate poisoning during GI X-rays. For about nine months, the ex-head physician of the clinic Evgeny Popov and three of his subordinates were in jail. However, on September 26, 2022, the court released them under house arrest, which the doctors initially asked for. Read more here.

Death of 4 more patients after contrast examination

On February 4, 2022, it became known about the death of four more patients after a contrast examination of the stomach at the City Consultative and Diagnostic Center (GKDC) No. 1 of St. Petersburg. The total death toll reached four.

According to TASS, citing the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in St. Petersburg, the head of the radiation diagnostics department of the center was also detained as a suspect. By February 4, 2022, the issue of bringing charges against her and choosing a suppression measure is being resolved.

City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1 of St. Petersburg

The official website of the GKDC does not indicate who heads the department of radiation diagnostics. Local media also did not name the suspect.

The UK clarified that a commercial structure has also been established, which supplied an industrial chemical drug to the institution instead of medical barium sulfate. The actions of the company's management will be given a legal assessment. Investigators seized the necessary items and documents, interrogations are being conducted.

A criminal case was initiated on the grounds of crimes provided for in part 3 of article 109 ("Causing death by negligence"), part 3 of article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers").

According to the investigation, the City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1 for a long time provided medical services to the population with the use of an industrial chemical drug that is not included in the state register of medicines that does not meet the requirements of the safety of life and health of consumers.

LLC NevaReagent"," which, according to the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, supplied the drug to the institution, "Barium sulphate 0.10 (H2O)%" positions itself as one of the largest suppliers of chemical products and laboratory equipment in Russia. According to the company's website, its catalog includes about 60 thousand items. At the end of January 2022 Instagram , the passport of the drug "Barium sulfuric acid 0.10 (H2O)%" was published on the company's page with a conclusion on compliance with GOST.^[1]

Counterfeit barium kills three patients during contrast exam

At the end of January 2022, the St. Petersburg Health Committee commented on the incident on its Telegram channel a few days earlier at the City Consultative and Diagnostic Center (GKDC) No. 1, where several patients died after a contrast examination of the stomach. Death occurred after the use of counterfeit barium sulfate. Read more here.

Death of three medical center patients after contrast X-ray of stomach

On January 27, 2022, the territorial body of Roszdravnadzor in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region announced the beginning of a check on the deaths of patients after a medical study of the stomach at the City Consultative and Diagnostic Center No. 1 in St. Petersburg.

On January 26, 2022, the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg reported that two patients undergoing a medical study of the stomach on January 23 and 25, 2022 in one of the diagnostic centers located in the Vyborg district were taken to the hospital, where they died. Two more patients were hospitalized in serious condition. Subsequently, it became known about the third deceased, as well as three more people in intensive care.

Three patients of the St. Petersburg medical center died after an X-ray of the stomach with contrast

According to the St. Petersburg branch of Komsomolskaya Pravda, among the dead were a 60-year-old woman, as well as a 42-year-old and 46-year-old man. They were radiographed with contrast.

This is a standard X-ray examination. It is safe if the patient is not allergic. A person is given a drink of barium solution, it tastes like chalk. Then the doctor takes X-rays and evaluates them, - the doctor told the publication.

The Ren TV channel, referring to informed sources, writes about several versions of what happened. It is assumed that during the examination, poor-quality barium (contrast medium for X-ray) was used, or it was poorly diluted before use. According to another version, patients could be given another drug.

On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated on causing death by negligence. The maximum punishment that threatens to be guilty is four years in prison. Investigators and criminologists seized documentation and various items, and also appointed the necessary examinations.^[2][3][4][5]

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