A massive flu outbreak was the cause of death for three residents of a nursing home in Prokopyevsk.

Investigators suspect, that management and staff errors could have led to the deaths of nine people. The causes of death of six more residents are being investigated. Currently, the boarding school works Rospotrebnadzor.

Governor of the Kemerovo Region Ilya Seredyuk сообщил, who has already ordered an inspection of all boarding schools in the region.

How to сообщает Mash Siberia, The facility's staff told the head of the hospital about the onset of a flu epidemic, but quarantine was only imposed after the deaths of patients. It is also known that the wards were extremely cold, the air recirculators weren't working, and there was a shortage of staff—the nurses had to clean the floors and toilets themselves.

After news Details about the conditions at the Prokopyevsk boarding school began to surface online after nine people died. For example, as early as September 2025, employees complainedthat they were forced to feed the guests rotten chicken.

Local human rights activist Alexey Mukhin рассказал Patients complained of not being allowed out for walks, beaten, and forced to work. Mukhin helped some patients escape, leading to a kidnapping complaint against him.

However, eyewitnesses also complain: "It's a terrible place; they don't really look after the sick. I live nearby, and there's constant swearing and music that's not meant for the sick," says in a review under the medical institution's card on 2GIS.