Russia investigates care home deaths in new Siberian health scandal

MOSCOW: A criminal investigation into patient deaths at a neuropsychiatric care home in Siberia has found that staff failed in their duties, Russian authorities said on Thursday, in the second health scandal to hit the region this month. The state Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said professional lapses by staff had contributed to a mass outbreak of a viral infection that led to 46 people being hospitalized. At least three people died as a result of the illness and six other deaths were under investigation.

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