The Moscow Department of Health has denied reports that operating theaters will be equipped in bomb shelters at hospitals

The Moscow Department of Health called false the information that appeared in the media about the departmental order, according to which operating rooms are equipped in bomb shelters at hospitals. About it “RIA News” reported in the press service of the Moscow Department of Health.

“The Moscow Health Department reports that the information disseminated on social networks that Moscow hospitals are allegedly equipping operating rooms in bomb shelters located at hospitals is false and does not correspond to reality. The department did not give or distribute any orders on this matter, ”the press service said.

About operating rooms in bomb shelters yesterday, October 19, the publication reported SOTA with reference to a source in the medical field of Moscow. According to the newspaper, there was no bomb shelter in hospital No. 52 in the north-west of the capital, and therefore the operating room had to be created in the basement of the building.

Rumors about the refurbishment of bomb shelters in the capital are spreading against the backdrop of decree President Vladimir Putin on the introduction of a high alert regime in the Central Federal District (CFD), which includes Moscow and the region, and in the Southern Federal District (SFD).

Former Vice Speaker of the Federation Council Yury Vorobyov declaredthat Moscow does not plan to impose a curfew, and additional restrictions in the capital can be introduced only by presidential decree. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin informedthat at present no measures will be introduced in the capital to limit the normal rhythm of the city.

Read more about Moscow’s reaction to the introduction of a high alert regime in the capital – in the material “Kommersant FM” “Moscow tightens control”.