YAROSLAVL, may 3 – RIA Novosti. Monks of the Holy Pafnuteva Borovsky monastery in Kaluga region, whose employee was in the hospital with pneumonia and suspected COVID-19, was not allowed to his doctors, saying that they will inspect the monastery, the doctor, and he did not found the brotherhood of the symptoms of SARS, said the administration Borovsky district.
an Employee of the monastery appealed to the CRB on April 30. “Preliminary diagnosis of pneumonia of viral etiology, suspected coronavirus infection COVID-19. The patient was hospitalized in the regional infectious diseases hospital. Also in the regional infectious diseases hospital were hospitalized family members (wife and mother both have symptoms of the disease),” – said in the message.
the First of may the doctors with a representative of the district administration held talks with the monks of the tolerance of medical workers for the inspection of the inhabitants and, when indicated, selection of biological material for analysis at COVID-19. “It was rejected. It was agreed that monks visiting the monastery, the doctor, and the decision on testing will be made after confirmation of infection of workers”, – informed the authorities.
the Third of may, the monastery, the doctor examined his brethren, signs of the disease is not found, the body temperature all normal. The consent of the monks to be tested for COVID-19 after confirmation of the disease in the employee is affirmed, the report says. The results of the analysis are expected to be admitted to hospital on may 4-5.
the Monastery was closed for pilgrims until may 11, as reported on the website of the monastery.
Authorities also commented on an incident that occurred after the employee was hospitalized. To the monastery for advice went Borovsky head of the clinic. As monuments under the regime of self-isolation, he took a pile of forms notification of isolation that are a sign of diseased COVID-19. The authorities explain that the physician made a mistake due to heavy load. “Malice was not”, – stated in the message. However, hieromonk Roman (Kropotov) on YouTube has posted a video message in which he troubled by the fact that the monks offered to admit the fact of his illness before taken the tests. The video caused a resonance on social networks. Later in a social network “Vkontakte” appeared the video with the apology of the monk.
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