Archive · 29 Jan 2026
Russia investigates care home deaths in Siberia
In Siberia, Russia, there's a big problem at a care home for people with special needs.
Many people got very sick with a virus, and some died.
The government is investigating because they think the staff didn't take good care of the people.
This is not the first time this month that something like this has happened in Siberia.
The region has some health problems, with people not living as long as in other parts of Russia or Europe.
The government is trying to find out what went wrong to make sure it doesn't happen again.
A criminal investigation is ongoing into the deaths of patients at a neuropsychiatric care home in Siberia.
Staff negligence and sanitary violations are believed to have contributed to an outbreak of influenza type A and pneumonia.
At least three people died from the infection, with six other deaths under investigation.
The regional health ministry detected 46 cases of influenza type A among 128 residents sampled.
Kuzbass region has lower life expectancy and higher mortality rates compared to national and EU averages.
- Who
- Residents and staff of a neuropsychiatric care home in Siberia
- What
- Investigation into deaths due to sanitary violations and infection outbreak
- When
- January 2024
- Where
- Novokuznetsk, Siberia, Russia
- Why
- Staff negligence and sanitary violations led to an infection outbreak causing multiple deaths
- Location
- Novokuznetsk, Siberia
- Number of deaths under investigation
- 6
- Number of hospitalised
- 46
- Infection type
- Influenza type A and pneumonia
- Region's life expectancy (2023)
- 70.2 years
- National life expectancy (2023)
- 73.1 years
- EU life expectancy (2023)
- 81.5 years