A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has awarded compensation to the mother of a deceased patient.

A court has ordered three clinics to pay compensation to the mother of a Kabardino-Balkarian resident who died as a result of medical error.

A court in Kabardino-Balkaria has ordered three hospitals to pay compensation to the mother of a deceased local resident, the Kabardino-Balkarian Regional Hospital reported late on May 3 on its Telegram channel.

Her son had a non-fatal condition, appendicitis, but ultimately died of sepsis and cerebral edema, according to the publication.

The incident occurred back in October 2021, when the 52-year-old patient was hospitalized with appendicitis. He underwent surgery at Baksan Hospital, but his condition worsened after discharge, AiF-SK reported on May 3, citing the verdict.

An ambulance crew took the patient to the hospital, but the doctor on duty refused admission after examining him, stating that he had COVID-19. At a private clinic, the man underwent an MRI and was diagnosed with a "fluid accumulation."

In February 2022, the patient was admitted to a hospital in the village of Zayukovo, where doctors found a gauze pad in his abdomen. He was then hospitalized at a third hospital, but treatment there was ineffective. The man's mother secured his discharge, and in May 2022, he was transferred in serious condition to a Moscow clinic. There, doctors diagnosed him with sepsis, septic shock, and cerebral edema. The newspaper writes that it was not possible to save him.

In December 2025, the deceased's mother filed a lawsuit with the Baksan District Court, demanding compensation for moral damages from three hospitals. In the spring of 2026, the court awarded the deceased's mother one million rubles each from the three medical institutions. The district court's decision is currently being appealed in the republic's Supreme Court, the newspaper reports.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in November 2019, an 18-year-old Krasnodar resident was admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The patient underwent surgery, but based on the results of the examination of the removed appendix, the young man was diagnosed with cancer. As a result, a portion of the intestine was removed, but it was later discovered that the material submitted for examination belonged to another patient, and there was no need for a second operation.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar ordered the emergency hospital to pay 5 million rubles in compensation for moral damages to the patient. The Krasnodar Regional Court heard an appeal and reduced the compensation by more than five times, to 950,000 rubles. The lawyer called this decision unfounded.