The conditions at the Ingush Republican Clinical Hospital have given rise to criticism of the authorities.

Due to the negligence of the staff, the patient at the Ingush Republican Clinical Hospital developed complications, and his relatives had to treat him at another medical facility, complained a resident of Ingushetia on social media. Other local residents, commenting on his complaint, spoke about the shortage of medicines, sterile materials, and reagents for tests at the IRKB. Commentators criticized the Ministry of Health of the republic for the conditions in the hospital.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", residents of Ingushetia have repeatedly complained about the work of the Ingush Republican Clinical Hospital (IRKB). For instance, on October 6, residents of Nazran complained that patients requiring CT and MRI scans are transported between buildings on the street, including in cold and inclement weather, and also pointed out the lack of equipment and facilities for patients.

One resident of Ingushetia complained about the treatment conditions for his relative at the Ingush Republican Clinical Hospital. His complaint was published on October 18 by the Instagram*-public news_ingushetii.

According to the author of the appeal, after being admitted to the neurology department, the patient’s catheter was not changed, after which he developed an abscess in his hand. Later, the patient was diagnosed with a large abscess in the hip area, and his relatives had to independently purchase sterile gloves, alcohol, a scalpel, and dressing materials. The necessary tests, the author claims, could not be done at the hospital, so blood had to be drawn at another medical facility.

"Where is it seen that there are no sterile gloves in a republican hospital?! Where is the hospital budget going? Why is everything necessary not provided?" – wrote the author of the appeal.

According to him, the patient’s condition continued to deteriorate. "Every day the condition became more critical, yet we were still assured that everything was under control," the complaint states.

Later, the relatives took the patient to Vladikavkaz, where he was diagnosed with osteomyelitis and underwent several surgeries. "I ask the Ministry of Health of Ingushetia and Roszdravnadzor to pay attention to this and conduct an inspection. Will this hospital never serve the people?" – the complaint states.

This post in the Instagram*-public news_ingushetii, which has about 317.2 thousand followers, had received 236 likes and 69 comments by 07:40 Moscow time on October 19. Other residents of Ingushetia also complained in the comments about the shortage of medicines and supplies at the IRKB. "In that hospital, they don’t even have the most basic – analgin, dimedrol," wrote maryam_bismillah_.

"I was in the neurology department two years ago. They didn’t have corvalol, the patient got worse. I ran to the pharmacy while she was lying there with an attack. They didn’t have ammonia. The only thing they had was amitriptyline, which they gave to practically everyone at 1/4 at night," reported komfort_06.

"There was a time when we were often called there to take tests from a patient because the hospital had no reagents, even for a regular complete blood count there are times when there are no reagents," wrote muts__.

Other participants in the discussion also shared their negative experiences of treatment at the IRKB. "In this hospital, when they did a rib puncture, they punctured my lungs, I almost died by the will of the Almighty, there was fluid in my heart and lungs, my pressure dropped very sharply, only Allah knows what I went through at that moment. And after all this, I was told that everything was fine, after looking at the CT, I realized how terrible the picture was, now there is a scar in my lungs," wrote maryam_bismillah_.

"In the neurology department, the doctor was attentive to the patient, but the subsequent actions of the nursing staff led to complications. The nurse came to set up an IV, even though she was told that the arm hurt specifically in the area of the catheter. Despite this warning, she connected the IV to the catheter in the painful area and left, rather than looking for another vein and changing the catheter. It was from this irresponsible action that our problems began," noted ii.madina.

"It’s scary to end up in this hospital," stated user gizn_vzaimu.

Participants in the discussion assessed the responsibility for the problems differently. "The problem lies with the Ministry of Health of the republic. This is their negligence and irresponsibility," believes boris87647.

"What is the Ministry of Health doing? Increasing funding to provide medicines and supplies is within its competence. Or does it not know about the problems? What assistance has been provided to the IRKB by the social block of the government overseeing the Ministry of Health? It’s surprising that those writing here seem to be in Ingushetia for the first time. Everything is fine in other hospitals? No one writes about other hospitals. No one complains about the Ministry of Health. The fish rots from the head, after all... Was it perfect under the previous three chief doctors? No, of course not. It raises the question of why the chief doctor, who does not take or give bribes, is not liked by someone. The question is only why?" – wrote eminaushev.

As of 07:40 Moscow time on October 19, there are no comments on the websites of the IRKB and the Ministry of Health of Ingushetia regarding the complaints of local residents about the conditions in the hospital.