In St. Petersburg, a nurse was detained in the case of the death of seven patients from gastrography

She's a suspect in a case of providing unsafe services. She has already been charged, according to the Investigative Committee for the region.

Now the nurse has been released on bail, Interfax writes .

Earlier, the head doctor of the center, Yevgeny Popov, and the head of the radiology department, Elena Medvedeva, were also arrested in this criminal case. The detained nurse became the third defendant in the criminal case.

Recall that since December last year, 23 patients have suffered from the examination of the stomach in this center, seven have died . They poisoned themselves with barium sulfate. Investigators opened cases under articles on the provision of unsafe services and causing death by negligence. During the investigation of the criminal case, the supplier of the unsafe drug was identified, which was used during the procedure.