August 22, 2019 (UNIAN) Medical staff from the Arkhangelsk Regional
Hospital in Russia were not initially warned that following an incident at a
military site near Severodvinsk, three patients were brought in, affected by
radiation. Vladimir Putin's Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said it was necessary
to identify the doctors who complained that they had not been warned about
radiation-affected patients following the explosion at a military base near
Severodvinsk. "It is necessary to establish which doctors claim they were
not informed that the victims had been exposed to radiation after the explosion
near Severodvinsk," Peskov told journalists Thursday, while commenting on
the relevant reports in the media, Interfax reports.
As UNIAN reported earlier,
doctors working at the Arkhangelsk Regional Hospital in Russia were not
initially warned that three patients were exposed to radiation following a
blast at a military base near Severodvinsk on Aug 8. Hospital staff were told
to sign non-disclosure agreements, reports said.
Also,
security agents have seized all hospital paperwork regarding the victims of the
accident. The blast at the training site brought casualties and a short-term
increase in the background radiation levels. Regional authorities in the
immediate aftermath of the accident assured that there were no emissions of
harmful substances into the atmosphere, also claiming that the radiation level
at the scene of the accident remained within the norm. However, the sensors of
the automated radiation monitoring system recorded an increase in the
background radiation in the Russian city of Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk Region).
Also, the Dvina Bay area of the White Sea was closed for free navigation for
a month.
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