A criminal case was initiated on the fact of cruel treatment of minors in a boarding house for the disabled in Samara. This was announced on Tuesday, May 4, at the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office.
“The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art. 156 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (improper upbringing of minors, combined with cruel treatment) “, – noted on the official website of the department.
Earlier, prosecutors and specialists of the regional ministry of social and demographic policy, as well as public organizations, checked information about the abuse of disabled children in the said boarding house. As a result, violations of the legislation on minors were revealed.
The director of the boarding house, without waiting for the end of the check, filed a letter of resignation.
The course and results of the investigation of the criminal case were placed under the control of the regional prosecutor’s office.
On April 26, it became known about the dismissal of the chief physician of the GKB im. F.I. Inozemtseva in Moscow after the bullying of an elderly patient by the nurses of the institution, the persons involved in the incident were suspended from work. This was the result of a check organized in connection with the publication of a video in which hospital nurses yell at a 62-year-old woman and stab her.