Overview
- The Investigative Committee in Moscow charged a 60-year-old woman with illegal medical activity and providing unsafe services after a home delivery ended in a newborn’s death.
- According to the case file, she had no medical education or obstetrics qualification but assured the mother she could assist with childbirth.
- Authorities report she arrived at a Poliny Osipenko Street apartment on December 13, accepted the birth on December 14, and the infant later died despite emergency medical care.
- The suspect has been detained, and investigators will ask a court today to impose a measure restricting her freedom.
- Investigators say she had been offering pregnancy and birth accompaniment, a center she led will be reviewed, and law enforcement identified the mother as blogger Aisha Chigga.