“They just mixed up the bottles”: orderlies left chemical burns on the bodies of disabled people from a boarding school in St. Petersburg In psychoneurological clinic No. 9, four disabled people without relatives were injured. As part of the prevention of bedsores and infections, they were to apply a skin antiseptic. Instead
The patients' skin was treated with a surface disinfectant.
Two patients showed skin changes in the form of erosion, erythema and hyperpigmentation. One of the victims still has fresh wounds. The rest had it easier, but the scars remained.
The employees involved in the incident were often seen drunk: according to witnesses, they systematically bring alcohol to work.
After the publicity, the orderlies who worked that day went “on sick leave” and “on vacation.” Other dispensary employees are convinced that those responsible for the incident will return and continue working as if nothing had happened.
