According to the hospital, Sergey Maximishin, a doctor who treated Navalny, has died

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Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician at Omsk Emergency Hospital, died “suddenly” at the age of 55, according to a statement issued by the hospital.

“With regret, we inform you that … the assistant chief physician of anesthesiology and resuscitation of the emergency hospital №1, assistant to the department of Omsk State Medical University, doctor of medical sciences Maksimishin Sergey Valentinovich , died suddenly, “the hospital said in a statement, not mentioning any cause of death.

Navalny was initially admitted to the acute poisoning unit of the No. 1 emergency hospital in Omsk on August 20, after falling ill from exposure to military-grade Novichok on a plane bound for Siberia. to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk.

Maximishin did not hold any press sessions at the time of Navalny’s hospitalization. As an assistant chief physician of anesthesiology and resuscitation at the hospital, he was one of the hospital’s greatest physicians.

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Navalny was placed in a medical coma and was eventually evacuated to the German capital Berlin, where he spent five months recovering from poisoning. After returning to Russia, he was sent to prison this week for violating the parole conditions of an earlier sentence. The verdict provoked a swift condemnation abroad, including the US.
Navalny attributes his poisoning to Russian security services and President Vladimir Putin himself, accusations the Kremlin has repeatedly denied. A CNN-Bellingcat investigation in December has implicated the Russian security service (FSB) in the attack. Navalny also tricked one of the agents into revealing that he was poisoned with the nervous agent Novichok applied to his underwear.

Leonid Volkov, Navalny’s chief of staff, confirmed that Maximishin was in charge of dealing with the opposition leader. “Sergey Maximishin was the head of department who treated Alexey Navalny and was in charge of his treatment, specifically his medically induced coma,” Volkov told CNN.

“(Maximishim) knew more than anyone about Alexey’s condition, so I can’t rule out the possibility of playing poorly,” he added.

“However, Russia’s health care system is very deficient and it is not uncommon for doctors of his age to die suddenly. I doubt there is any investigation into his death,” Volkov continued.

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CNN is seeking additional comments from local health authorities on the cause of Maximishin’s death. The deaths of top Russian medical workers, including whistleblowers, became a politically charged issue in the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN has no evidence that it involved any misconduct.

The Health Minister of the Omsk region said in statements that Maximishin worked at the hospital for 28 years and saved thousands of human lives.

“He brought people back to full reality. We will miss Dr. Maximishin a lot. He left too early and that is why the pain of the loss is especially bitter,” Alexander Murakhovsky said in a statement.

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