A criminal case was opened in Yakutia after poisoning in a rehabilitation center.

The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet security requirements").

"Currently, three adults are in the infectious diseases department of the hospital with moderate severity of the disease, the remaining cases are mild, and patients are receiving medical care," the department said in a Telegram channel.

It is specified that an investigation is currently underway.

The day before, on February 28, a source of Izvestia reported that 75 people, including 24 children, were in Yakutsk href="https://iz.ru/1846482/2025-02-28/v-tcentre-reabilitatcii-v-iakutske-vyiavili-75-zabolevshikh-ostroi-kishechnoi-infektciei">заболели acute intestinal infection (AKI) at the Republican Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine. It was clarified that at the moment a set of anti-epidemic and preventive measures is being carried out jointly with the staff of Rospotrebnadzor.