The Russian doctor in charge of Alexei Navalny’s treatment after being poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok has died suddenly at the age of 55, according to multiple reports.
Sergey Maximishin died of a heart attack after being taken to hospital where he worked Wednesday night due to a spike in his blood pressure, Life.ru reported, citing a spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Health.
“The doctor actually died of a heart attack because he had a very stressful job and he even lost people close to him,” said spokeswoman Galina Nazarova.
“It’s just the human heart,” she said to the outlet.
Maksimshin, who was the head of intensive care, died in the cardiology ER of his hospital in Omsk.
“He gave his local hospital 28 years, saved thousands of lives and left behind many talented students who will continue his legacy,” said Omsk’s health minister Alexander Murakhovsky.
“Sergey Maximishin literally dragged even the most critical, hopeless patients out of” the other side “with his hands.”
About 1,400 people have been arrested, mostly in Moscow and St. Petersburg, during heated protests over the January 17 arrest of Navalny, 44, a fierce Kremlin critic who was detained on his return to Russia from Germany, where he had been treated for poisoning. occurred. has continued.
Navalny has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison after authorities ruled that his trip to Germany violated his parole.