Boris Vishnevsky, Alexander Kobrinsky and other deputies
of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg received an
official reponse from Governor Georgy Poltavchenko on the
collective parliamentary inquiry about the
closure of St.Petersburg public hospital No 31.
The Presidential Administration plan to turn this hospital
specialising in treating children with cancer into a medical
centre for Russia's top judges arouse public uproar in Russia.
YABLOKO deputies initiated several inquiries about the public
hospital in the St.Peterburg parliament. The St.Petersburg
branch of YABLOKO organised collection of signatures in its
St.Petersburg headquarters against turning the public hospital
into a special medical centre for the judges. St.Peterburg
residents conducted a special rally in support of the public
hospital and its doctors.
In his letter the Governor stated that a decision was taken
not to station the medical centre for Russias top judges
in the hospital.
"In order to avoid deterioration of healthcare services
to residents of St. Petersburg, it was decided not to station
the medical center for the employees of the Supreme Court
and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation
in the present St. Petersburg State Budget Heath Care Institution
"Hospital No 31," runs the letter.
See also:
Human
Rights
Russia
drops plan to convert child cancer clinic into hospital for
judges. Public outcry forces Kremlin to shelve plan to convert
St Petersburg facility as courts prepare to relocate from
Moscow. The Guardian, January 23, 2013
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