The surgeon was sentenced to a year of correctional labor for 6 small bribes when registering a fictitious sick leave.
In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a court sentenced a former surgeon at a hospital in the village of Dybivo, who from December 2024 to March 2025 received six small bribes for issuing certificates of incapacity to work with false health data.
In addition, from July to September 2025, he issued two additional fictitious sick pay out of personal interest. The doctor pleaded guilty, but disagreed with the charge of illegally accessing critical infrastructure computer information.
As a result, the surgeon was sentenced to 1 year of correctional work with 10% of his salary withheld from the state, as well as a fine of 250,000 rubles. His mobile phone was also confiscated.