Krasnoyarsk doctors consult Volga peers on school arson

Doctors from Privolzhsky Medical University are remotely assisting their Krasnoyarsk colleagues in treating children with burns after an eighth-grader attacked a school. This was reported to NGS24.RU by Sergei Golovach, a representative of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Hospital (KKB).

Specialists from Privolzhsky Research Medical University conducted a telemedicine consultation for doctors at the Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Hospital. During the online session, a treatment strategy was agreed upon for children admitted with severe burn injuries.

At present, doctors assess the condition of all affected patients as stable but serious. As a reminder, three students were admitted to the burn center after the incident at Pokrovskaya School. According to a photo provided to NGS24.RU by a reader, one of the victims has burns on their back and arms.

Two other students suffered hammer blows. They were admitted to Krasnoyarsk City Hospital No. 20 named after Berzon. A teacher also became distressed in the aftermath and required on-site assistance.

NGS24.RU is collecting all current information about the incident in a live blog and a special section on its website. The mayor of Krasnoyarsk, Sergei Vereshchagin, and the regional education minister, Tatyana Gridasova, have already commented on the emergency.