In the Voronezh region suspended the case of detachment of the skin of a child

The Prosecutor’s office of the Voronezh region canceled the decision to initiate a criminal case after the case of skin detachment of a seven-year-old girl who took a doctor-appointed drug. Currently, a procedural check is being carried out, the press service of the regional prosecutor's office told RBC.

“It was established that on the fact of causing harm to the health of a minor, expressed in skin detachment, a procedural check is carried out,” the report said.

The prosecutor’s office explained that the results of the inspection of the participants in the case should be notified by the conducting body.

“The duty to notify participants in criminal proceedings of the results of the procedural examination is vested in the body conducting it. The legality of the procedural decision will be checked by the supervising prosecutor during the current supervision, the ministry added.

Also in the Prosecutor’s office told about the additional inspection, which the Agency conducts together with Roszdravnadzor.

“In addition, the regional prosecutor’s office, together with Roszdravnadzor, is checking the observance of the rights of minors in the provision of medical care, which has not yet been completed,” the department added.

The lawyer of the family of the girl, who had a skin detachment, Sergey Isakov confirmed to RBC that the decision to initiate a criminal case was canceled by the district prosecutor. According to him, the defense refused to provide a copy of the document, so the reasons for the decision are still unknown.

“I believe that, as usual, they require the completion of the commission examination and without its conclusion, they consider the excitation premature,” Isakov said.

He believes that if the decision is related to the need to wait for the results of the examination, then it may interfere with the investigation. “I consider such a decision not logical and harmful, since it will entail serious damage to the prompt collection and recording of evidence,” the lawyer explained.

Isakov also admitted that the decision could be canceled due to the issue of jurisdiction. According to him, cases of serious harm to health under article 118 of the criminal code belong to the competence of the police, not the Investigative Committee. At the same time, the lawyer believes that cases of medical errors should be investigated by IC officers specializing in such crimes.

The defense intends to appeal the decision in the Prosecutor’s office of the Voronezh region.

We also plan to apply to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a request to reopen the case at the level of the regional apparatus and instruct the investigation department to investigate iatrogenic crimes. Such a department in the regional administration exists, the lawyer added.

Earlier, on October 20, journalist Ksenia Sobchak told about the story of a seven-year-old girl from Novaya Usmani, whose skin detachment began after taking the drug prescribed by a doctor. According to the journalist, since 2024, the child was observed by a neurologist-pediatrician of the private clinic “Profimed” due to speech impairment. On September 7, the doctor prescribed several drugs to the girl, including the antiepileptic drug Lamotrigine in a dosage of 50 mg. After the start of its reception, the child had a rash, inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes, the temperature rose.

On September 23, the girl was hospitalized in the infectious diseases department, and the next day was transferred to the Voronezh Regional Children's Clinical Hospital No. 1. Doctors diagnosed her with toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyella syndrome), toxic-allergic blepharoconjunctivitis and subacute vaginitis. The child spent about two weeks in intensive care, in early October the girl’s condition improved.

On October 21, the Investigative Committee for the Voronezh region announced the initiation of a criminal case after publishing on social networks about possible improper medical care for a child.