Chief cardiovascular surgeon in the Kostroma region Anton Kazantsev spoke about the details of the conflict that arose in the vascular surgery department of the Kostroma Regional Hospital, reports a Novosti44 correspondent. He spoke to round table with the participation of politicians, social activists, doctors and journalists on June 20.
Let’s remember that earlier the manager accused his subordinates, young surgeons, of being incompetent and causing harm to patients, after which he submitted his resignation of his own will. Kazantsev said that the doctors under him came out from the bottom control and began to perform their duties carelessly.
“The doctors stopped listening to me. Why? I talked to them in a friendly way, this is probably my mistake. There must be some kind of subordination to the team”— he said.
The head of the department talked about a critical situation in the department that arose two years ago. Then all the vascular surgeons left the hospital because of low pay and overwork. The young manager who came to the place hired the new surgeons at the current rates.
“Not the personnel department, but me, I tried to find anyone for available salary: university graduates, young specialists. I advertised on Avito. No one came for a long time time. As a result, we recruited a staff of five”— he said.
In 2024, relations between Kazantsev and part of the team he led deteriorated after a conflict situation. Departments one of the surgeons was suspended from work during a protracted operation:
“One of the surgeons Mukhtorov takes care of a patient with an interesting pathology. He needed surgery. It took some time and I went to see what was going on. Seeing that the patient had lost a lot of blood and that my subordinate had made a mistake, I decided to intervene. The surgeon under me violently rejected my direct order to leave the operating room, and it was almost a fight. The resuscitator and I forcibly removed him from the patient. Because of this, instead of three hours, the operation took eight hours. It all started after this conflict. “— the doctor explained.
Later, Kazantsev identified another medical error by the surgeons, which, in his opinion, led to the patient’s stroke. According to him, many similar situations have accumulated in cardiovascular surgery. He reported each of them to management, but they did not solve the problem:
“I wrote 20 detailed memos to the hospital’s chief doctor, Khramov. Instead of reacting to them, he offered me two options: become a regular doctor or quit. In other words, my subjects put him in a dilemma: me or them. And he chose them. Why? For practical reasons: if you take me, this is a solvable situation. If all five surgeons quit, no one would perform operations. “— Kazantsev explained.
Let us add that the situation at the hospital has been publicized for a long time. Blog and video message Millions of people see a doctor. The investigation of his arguments is currently being conducted by the Investigative Committee prosecutor’s office, Roszdravnadzor and hello. Our publication will monitor the development of the situation.