He made the Vilnius police stand up: a man undergoing forced treatment for an extremely dangerous disease fled

Such circumstances became clear after the Vilnius City District Court examined a criminal case in which Stanislav Ž. He was convicted of violating the rules to combat epidemics or communicable diseases: Judge Rolandas Bužinskas, who had previously been involved in law enforcement, was sentenced to eight months in prison.

During the execution of this punishment Stanislav Ž. forced not to consume alcohol and other psychoactive substances, he is also prohibited from leaving the medical institution.

“Obligations and prohibitions should be imposed on the accused, which will help positively influence his behavior,” the court said.

According to the data of the case, it was established that Stanislav Ž. still on April 15, around 1 p.m. He left the premises of the medical institution where he is being treated for epidemiologically resistant tuberculosis and, without observing any security measures, walked the streets of Vilnius for approximately two and a half hours when he returned to the hospital.

“In this way, he represented a danger to other people of contracting a dangerous infectious disease,” said the judge, who examined the material collected by prosecutors from the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The fact that the patient with a dangerous illness left the medical institution was not immediately noticed, only around 2 o’clock in the afternoon, when the doctor who finished the work toured the patients’ rooms and saw that during lunch Stanislav Ž . The food they bring is intact.

“This patient has been treated in the hospital since 2019. He is resistant to four types of drugs and is undergoing mandatory treatment. It is epidemiologically dangerous, ”said the employee of the medical institution.

According to her, Stanislav Ž., Like other patients treated in the Resistant Tuberculosis Department, has no right to leave the hospital building.

“It has been signed to ask you to be in a medical center and to be aware of the security measures you must follow when dealing with people,” said a doctor interviewed by police officers.

It was she who called the police when a patient undergoing compulsory treatment for an extremely dangerous illness left the medical institution. According to the doctor, patients can walk in hospital corridors, use a shared bathroom, but all exit doors are always closed, so patients cannot leave.

“I think Stanislav Ž. escaped when around 12.50 p.m. patients receive food and the exit door is left open, “according to the doctor, the man with resistant tuberculosis returned to the hospital ward around 3:20 pm, when he could not enter knocking on the door outside.

The man excused himself for going out to buy food, but did not say which store he bought it from.

According to the doctor, Stanislav Ž. He fled the medical institution for the first time, but his behavior has caused problems for doctors who work here before: the man often abuses alcoholic beverages.

At that time, Stanislav Ž was prosecuted. During questioning, he argued that he went to the ATM to withdraw money because he was indebted to other patients who were treated together.

“I wanted to pay the debts and nobody could bring me money,” an epidemiologically dangerous man tried to justify.

He said that after leaving the treatment center, he not only went to the ATM but also to the nearby grocery store and then returned to the hospital.

“I didn’t think hospital staff would report the departure to the police,” the man said. However, he acknowledged that he had been warned and signed internal rules that he could not leave the treatment center, and he also understood that leaving the hospital could infect other people.

The man has suffered from tuberculosis since 2010, but the disease was cured, but in 2019. at the end of October he felt bad again: he felt weak, coughed and his left chest hurt, so he went to see a family doctor . Chest radiographs revealed lesions in the lungs and they were hospitalized.

A police investigation found that the facilities of the medical institution, where patients with dangerous infectious diseases are treated, are not even filmed with video surveillance cameras.

The authorities did not receive any information that after leaving the Stanislav Ž hospital. It could infect other people.

Condemned a woman with coronavirus

Delphi He has already written that this week the Vilnius City District Court sentenced Žanas P. de Vilna, who had fled the Department of Infectious Diseases after being infected with a coronavirus, for violating the rules to combat epidemics or communicable diseases .

The court announced that Jana P., 41, who had been convicted several times before and punished for prostitution, would have to go to work on public works; I would have to work after 8 hours without charge for 2 months. per month in the public interest.

According to the case file, it was discovered that Jean P., from the Department of Admissions and Emergencies of Infectious Diseases of the Santara Clinics, where she was being treated for a coronavirus infection (COVID-19 fled on April 7, was diagnosed with coronavir April 5).

The woman who escaped from the hospital got on the bus, and then on the trolleybus, and returned home to Gerosios Vilties str. Along the way, he met an unknown man on the bus and drank alcohol from the same bottle and ate a snack, putting him and not others with a dangerous infectious disease in danger.

Jeanne P. was found by police officers the same day and returned to the hospital after calling doctors.

The accused woman admitted during the interview that she posed a threat to other people while fleeing the Santara clinics. The woman explained that on April 3. from abroad, where he recently lived, he went by bus to Lithuania.

“At the border with Lithuania, I completed the certificates delivered, indicated my details, and samples of the virus were also taken,” the woman said. “I felt good when I came back, I didn’t feel any symptoms.”

The woman said she indicated at the border that she wanted to isolate herself at her home, but at the time she did not believe that living in a dorm-style apartment building where the kitchen, bathroom, and bathroom were shared by other residents could not avoid contact. with the neighbors.

“A few days later, the doctors and the police came to my house, reported that I was infected, and took me to the Santara clinic, where they re-examined me. They kept me in a tent in the hospital overnight and transferred me to the room the next day, then they informed me again that I have coronavirus, said the woman. – The doctor also presented the documents and ordered him to sign. However, I did not read these documents, he wanted to be released as soon as possible. “

The woman said that the doctor promised to take her home and even prescribed a medication, but that until now she had not released her from the treatment center and told her to wait in the room.

“I was fasting, I spent the whole night outside in the tent, I got tired of everything, so I thought I could run out the window,” Jean-P told pre-trial officials that at the time he didn’t think he was breaking the rules. rules of self-isolation and that could threaten her. responsibility

“I left the room out the window and ran to the public transport stop because I was on a high-speed bus. I drove with him to the Green Bridge stop and got on a trolleybus there,” said the woman. “On the bus, I had a beer with a man I didn’t know, I saw him for the first time.”

Jeanne P. stated that she “drank beer because she was excited.”

“After getting off the trolley, I went home, but as soon as I managed to get into my apartment, I heard someone in the yard start asking about my apartment: looking out the window I saw the officers, I realized that They were looking for me, so I went out into the courtyard without waiting. He brought me back to Santariškės, “said the fugitive.

She said she regretted his irresponsible behavior, but said “it turned out to be the most appropriate solution at the time.”

Judge Oleg Zaitsev, who heard the criminal case, noted that Jeanne P. had violated the conditions of self-isolation.

“Escaping from a medical institution, using public transportation to return to the place of residence, failure to maintain a safe distance, and communication and sharing a drink with another person clearly put others on public transportation and bystanders at risk contracting a serious coronavirus disease. ” found by the court.

In imposing the sentence, the court also took into account the fact that she has been convicted of crimes in the past on several occasions: theft, drug possession, minor health disorder. Also, according to the police, the woman used to be a prostitute, but has not lived in Lithuania lately.