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Moscow Investigators Charge Practitioner After Patient Dies Following Clinic Procedures

Regulators are reviewing the clinic’s compliance after reports of anaphylactic shock.

Overview

  • The patient’s condition sharply worsened after medical and cosmetic procedures at a private clinic in Tokmakov Pereulok on January 4, she was hospitalized and later died.
  • A criminal case has been opened under Part 2, Article 109 of the Russian Criminal Code for causing death by negligence tied to professional duties.
  • Investigators say the woman who performed the procedures has been charged and is now subject to investigative actions.
  • Authorities are seizing medical and service records, have ordered forensic examinations including a medical autopsy, and have questioned witnesses.
  • Roszdravnadzor is conducting a separate review into the circumstances of the incident, which initial media reports linked to anaphylactic shock, and the Moscow prosecutor’s office is supervising the investigation.