In Novokuznetsk, the investigative committee will check the ambulance after the death of the patient In Novokuznetsk, the interregional trade union of health workers "Action" turned to the investigative committee after the tragic death of a patient. The incident occurred against the background of an unspoken prohibition by the management of the local emergency medical service station to use the system for remote transmission of electrocardiograms. According to the doctors, the refusal of essential remote consultations with cardiologists was explained by the lack of funds to pay for them. For about three months, field teams have been working blindly. In August, paramedics were verbally prohibited from sending data to consultation centers, and later tablets from Cardiometer-MT complexes were confiscated from employees and their settings were changed, blocking the sending of files with hardware. Health workers are now forced to interpret cardiograms themselves, which critically increases the risk of medical error, especially in difficult situations. Lack of communication with relevant experts has already led to tragedy. A paramedic who worked in this position for only 3 months came alone to a call for a seriously ill patient. Due to the blocked function, he was unable to transfer Ha. K. c to the doctor on duty and had to discuss the treatment with his colleagues on the phone. The patient experienced clinical death, and despite the efforts of the resuscitation team that arrived, he could not be saved at the hospital. Now the investigation must find out whether cost optimization was the direct cause of the man's death. Human rights activists and station workers demand that the equipment be restored and that the authorities who ordered the shutdown of the system be held accountable. The trade union believes that decisions of this type show signs of negligence and abuse of power. The situation worsens due to an acute shortage of manpower. Due to a shortage of ambulance personnel in the city of half a million, there are regularly fewer than a dozen crews on the line, and doctors are forced to respond to complex calls one at a time.

In Novokuznetsk, the investigative committee will check the ambulance after the death of the patient In Novokuznetsk, the interregional trade union of health workers "Action" turned to the investigative committee after the tragic death of a patient. The incident occurred against the background of an unspoken prohibition by the management of the local emergency medical service station to use the system for remote transmission of electrocardiograms. According to the doctors, the refusal of essential remote consultations with cardiologists was explained by the lack of funds to pay for them. For about three months, field teams have been working blindly. In August, paramedics were verbally prohibited from sending data to consultation centers, and later tablets from Cardiometer-MT complexes were confiscated from employees and their settings were changed, blocking the sending of files with hardware. Health workers are now forced to interpret cardiograms themselves, which critically increases the risk of medical error, especially in difficult situations. Lack of communication with relevant experts has already led to tragedy. A paramedic who worked in this position for only 3 months came alone to a call for a seriously ill patient. Due to the blocked function, he was unable to transfer Ha. K. c to the doctor on duty and had to discuss the treatment with his colleagues on the phone. The patient experienced clinical death, and despite the efforts of the resuscitation team that arrived, he could not be saved at the hospital. Now the investigation must find out whether cost optimization was the direct cause of the man's death. Human rights activists and station workers demand that the equipment be restored and that the authorities who ordered the shutdown of the system be held accountable. The trade union believes that decisions of this type show signs of negligence and abuse of power. The situation worsens due to an acute shortage of manpower. Due to a shortage of ambulance personnel in the city of half a million, there are regularly fewer than a dozen crews on the line, and doctors are forced to respond to complex calls one at a time.