The Novokuznetsk Central District Court has chosen preventive measures against Vitaly Kheraskov, head doctor of city hospital No. 1, who was temporarily suspended from his position. Although the investigation agency requested the court to send the doctor to a pre-trial detention center, he was still under house arrest.
The suspended head doctor was charged with negligence leading up to it death of two or more people. Kheraskov himself did not admit guilt.
The investigation agency requested the court to arrest the doctor within 1 month and 27 days. But the prosecutor did not agree with the investigator's request and requested that the suspended chief physician be placed under house arrest as a precautionary measure. The defendant's defense also insisted on a more lenient restraining measure than sending the head doctor to a detention center two months before trial.
Finally, what to do? report Judge Inna Ma reported that Vitaly Yuryevich Kheraskov was placed under preventive measures in the form of house arrest for a period of 1 month and 27 days, that is, until March 13, 2026. He was released from the courtroom.
Before this trial selected preventive measures for the acting head of the department of neonatal resuscitation and intensive care of the city's 1st maternity hospital, Alexey Emikh. He is prohibited from performing certain actions, although the investigation requires that the doctor be detained in a pre-trial detention center.
Emich is prohibited from leaving his home at night, contacting victims and witnesses in a criminal case as well as staff of the hospital where he works, and using the Internet.
It is worth noting that… O. Alexey Emikh became the head of the maternity hospital just a few days ago – literally a few hours before he was detained by law enforcement agencies, and before that he worked as an anesthesiologist-resuscitator. Under his direct supervision, two of the nine babies died during the Tet holiday.
According to the investigation, between January 4 and January 12, 9 children born from December 1, 2025 to January 12, 2026 died at Novokuznetsk maternity hospital No. 1.
