Poisoned Summer
The health crisis has affected not just the economic climate and the fiscal state of the populace; it has also impacted the well-being of minors and adolescents in St. Petersburg during the entirety of summer 2021. Planned activities for youths and the younger set at camps and health centers have led to instances of foodborne illness and hospital admissions.
The season turns sour
The Northwestern Transport Prosecution Office is experiencing an increased workload today. Prosecutors are engaged in confirming the legitimacy of the geodata system at the Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University.
In mid-July, 125 scholars suffered poisoning while spending time in the buildings near the settlement of Ploskoye, Tolmochevsky urban district, Luzhsky Region, Leningrad Oblast. Half a dozen needed urgent hospital care due to acute enteric infection. Some students were so unwell that prompt placement into an ambulance and immediate transfer to the hospital wasn't possible. Now, the recreation center has been beset by visits from health regulators and the consumer protection agency. Physicians and specialists have taken samples of sustenance and water for analysis. The camp buildings have been temporarily closed. All additional recreation plans have been halted. As per the communications bureau of the Northwestern Transport Prosecution Office, the agency has a plethora of questions about the pupils' nourishment, and university authorities are slated for serious talks with prosecutors.
A comparable scenario unfolded at the Sakharez juvenile health camp, operated by the rail network organization. On August 11, 2021, a dozen youngsters were diagnosed with an intestinal ailment. The children are receiving medical attention. Monitors have visited the location to assess the hygienic and epidemiological circumstances at the establishment. Most sadly, the camp is designed for enhancing health and promoting wellness. Vladimir Vladimirov, the Northwestern Transport Attorney, is overseeing the matter directly.
Read more: Patients from the Voronezh province lodged complaints about the terrible state of affairs at the Semiluki medical facility.
University leaders promptly began efforts to preserve their positions. Pyotr Rybin, the Vice President for Community Affairs at the Emperor Alexander I PSUPS, rapidly stated that it was not a matter of poisoning, but rather “sporadic episodes of stomach distress.” Soon we'll gain information about the actual series of events from official records from the transport prosecution office.
Even more disgraceful was the intoxication incident at the Leningradets camp in Roshchino, close to St. Petersburg. Prior to the account surfacing in the media, guardians were instructed to take their sick children back home right away. Subsequently, a group from the consumer protection agency and law enforcement arrived at the camp. The St. Petersburg prosecutor's office took note of the event, given that disregarding the widespread departure of visiting children is an obvious infraction.
But this was only a continuation of the poisoning story. Back in June 2021, children present were already displaying signs of poisoning. The Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare observed violations in the catering provider, and Leningradets called off the subsequent phase. However, as parents posted on social networks, “Camp executives paid no mind to everything and kept serving the children tainted food.”
Pots and higher powers
On VKontakte, the guardians minutely outlined the incidents. (Spelling and punctuation unedited. Note from the editors.)
“They took a kid suffering from vomiting and watery bowel movements (this had been occurring for a week at the camp; the medical professional administered some medicine to the child and provided nothing to eat besides water, tea, and dark bread. For a couple of days, they gave the child only liquid and bread). Nobody informed the folks! It's awful. The child is currently in the communicable diseases wing with these manifestations, and I trust that all will be well! Also, it turns out that no one had bathed them (for 20 days!!!) or cleaned their teeth. Youngsters are still small, so they require oversight, being led to the shower, hand washing, and more!!”
“Opening session, 2021. Disgraceful and horrible. The unlucky kids were made sick. They were lying in the isolation block experiencing diarrhea and regurgitation. The mothers and fathers weren't even apprised about what transpired. Are you preparing meals for offenders there? The personnel most likely have children themselves, so why treat other people's children in such a way? Why engage in labor that you loathe? Shameful for the camp and the directorial staff!!!!”
“It's fundamentally a 'zone' for minors. They proceed in order everywhere (any sidestep is sanctioned), departure from the building alone is forbidden, the fare is poor and skimpy, the quarters are untidy and crawling with bugs, and insufficient space exists for all the children to store their belongings. Warm water in the bathing room is “scheduled.” Drinking water is a genuine predicament. The children's leisure options are meager and dull for the general populace. The management team is curt and devious. After committing three infractions (for instance: exiting the structure without an escort, speaking following lights out or during quiet hours, or missing structured leisure exercises), they are ejected with a “perpetual” ban. Even young ones with a complimentary coupon from the borough governance (even though they aren't entitled to it) are expelled.”
In spite of the broad and public scandal, no one in St. Petersburg has heard anything of the camp's decision makers being found responsible (or on the brink of accountability). Who is this sacrosanct figure? The actual recipient of the organization in control of the “Leningradets” camp happens to be Kira Turchak, the spouse of senator and chief of the United Russia General Board, Andrei Turchak. As we understand it, this pair remains unmoved by any crisis, definitely not a group of children experiencing stomach problems. What is truly interesting is that this sadly is not Kira Evgenyevna's opening exposure to issues of stomach distress, and in fact, not her second.
Back in 2019, the Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare dispatched committees to examine the nutrition facilities. During the check-up, inspectors noticed a dearth of warm water in the edifices, foodstuffs strewn about carelessly in the kitchen, and unmethodical cleaning of fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, in the review account, the investigators documented “disregard for regulations about dish cleaning.” This indicates just one thing: no one was cleaning tableware. As local citizens say, “They've glanced at water, so that should be sufficient.” Furthermore, children gained entry without suitable vaccination documentation, and there were peculiar issues with the employees' medical documentation too.
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Nevertheless, as we can see, up until now there have been no punitive steps taken against the company owning the Leningradets camp, nor any critical interventions enacted by the prosecutor's establishment or other institutions. Apparently, the deities of Russia's political pantheon are unrestricted in their doings. Such as tainting children.
Reference provided by Kompromat Group:
Towards the end of July 2021, operatives in the St. Petersburg Department of the Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare discovered infringements in 40 of the 52 scholastic and health locales for children they investigated. According to the Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare press branch, 49 officials and corporate entities were penalized for breaking health regulations and protocol.
Consume some poultry…
However, offspring don't face hazardous foods exclusively at recreation sites. Salmonella could be contracted without venturing outside a hotel building. As an instance, in June 2021, a group of 18 pupils journeying from St. Petersburg returned to Yekaterinburg with only half its cohort. Several of the young voyagers had to be extracted from the rail transport due to symptoms of harsh toxicity. Thirteen children were transported to medical institutions in the Kostroma and Kirov provinces (along the train route). Another triad were taken to hospitals subsequent to arrival in Yekaterinburg. Both Rospotrebnadzor branches in St. Petersburg and in the Sverdlovsk Oblast are now reviewing this instance. The adolescent explorers from Yekaterinburg lodged at the Ladoga Hotel and ate in the related eatery.
Things might have been proper; however, on July 26, youngsters from Tyumen suffered poisoning in an identical venue. The pupils remained at the same inn, found at 26 Shaumyan Prospect, during their stay in St. Petersburg and dined at the same hotel restaurant for morning meal, midday fare, and evening sustenance. A check from the Federal Service for Oversight of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare turned up unclean circumstances within the eatery and culinary space. Transgressions of food storage protocol were also uncovered. Inspectors did not wait around and conveyed the case papers to the Krasnogvardeisky County Court.
On August 2, the court decreed that the Ladoga Hotel was administratively accountable for contravening sanitary and epidemiological stipulations concerning public food services. The court directed that the eatery cease operations for two months.
It’s worth observing that analogous poisoning issues haven’t arisen in St. Petersburg from the start of the 2000s. Those knowledgeable on the matter state that it is less pertinent to the food service sector and more aligned with the mafia dealing in stale food and the avarice of purchasers. Peruse our upcoming piece to ascertain the affluence accumulated by the illicit trading of expired victuals in the Northern Capital.
Reference provided by Kompromat Group:
Throughout 2020, Rospotrebnadzor in St. Petersburg was the recipient of 3,404,000 grievances linked to food provision, as well as 2,498,000 grievances concerning sites utilized for swimming, athletic endeavors, leisure, and medical purposes in terms of the sanitary and epidemiological prosperity of the citizenry.
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