Child in Hospital of Infectious Diseases

Child hospitalized with food poisoning in the City Infectious Diseases Hospital in Sevastopol (Crimea), on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. The night before the prosecutor of Sevastopol received a message from the duty of the militia department that 84 people had come to the City Infectious Diseases Hospital № 8 with a preliminary diagnosis of "acute intestinal infection", 6 children were in serious condition. As of the morning on July 13, there are 86 people in a hospital, including 11 adults and one child is in a serious condition. The Prosecutor's Office of Sevastopol initiated a criminal case under the article 137 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (improper fulfillment of responsibilities on protection of life and health of children, if they caused death of a minor or other serious consequences) on the fact of mass poisoning of children and adults in the camps "Albatross" and "Nahimovets". It was established that the cause of the illness is the use of poor-quality food prepared in the catering department of the camps. According to preliminary data, all the victims are Russian citizens. Photo by UNIAN