A resident of Kopeisk in the Chelyabinsk region reported a troubling incident involving local medical staff sending a child to school with a surgical wound. The mother shared photos in the VKontakte group Eavesdropping Kopeisk to document the claim.
According to her account, the boy underwent forearm surgery on October 16 and was sent home with instructions to care for the wound. The stitches were to be removed a week later at a hospital appointment. When the family arrived for the scheduled visit, they found that no stitches had been removed and were given a new appointment ticket for October 25.
They arrived on the following day as scheduled and were the first to be seen at 11 a.m. The doctors were not present. A nurse removed the stitches, prepared a certificate for the school, and advised applying a costly brilliant green dye while awaiting a separate consultation with another surgeon. The family was not included in the hospital’s welcome diary, though the nurse claimed to have the situation covered. The stitches appeared to have opened almost immediately, causing visible concern for the child.
The parent described the attending physician as indifferent upon returning to the office at the end of the appointment and declined to examine the wound further.
The mother said she contacted the local health policy line and submitted a complaint to the Ministry of Health. She also indicated that a criminal complaint would be filed with the prosecutor’s office in the coming days. The family questioned the level of care and accountability, noting that medical staff are paid with taxpayer funds and asking, in frustration, how this could be tolerated. The mother vowed to pursue it until a satisfactory resolution was reached.
Earlier reports indicated that a ten-month-old child had also been in the hospital, and concerns were raised about the medical procedures used there, including discussions about euthanasia methods that appeared inappropriate for pediatric care. Such reports have intensified calls for independent review and clearer patient safety standards in the region.