In Borovoe, 27 children who were left without parents were taken from the children's health centre (CHC) to the Akmola Regional Hospital.
According to KTK, Pavlodar maslikhat deputy Gulzhayna Darimova visited the facility. It turned out that the camp did not even have medical staff.
"I went straight there in the morning. I entered the camp and looked around. They don't have a medic, they don't. They had prepared someone for me overnight, they put a camp counsellor there as if she were a medic. I said to the deputy director: 'Why didn't you call an ambulance?' She said: 'I had a conflict with your Pavlodar counsellor, I mean with the carer.' I said: 'These are children, what right do you have to put your conflicts at the level of the children?'" - stated Darimova.
It became known that 240 children had arrived to stay at the CHC. Among them were 75 orphans who came from the Pavlodar Region.
Medical professionals have not yet officially commented on the situation. The education department of the North Kazakhstan Region, which holds the centre's budget, also offered no explanation.
Meanwhile, the Akmola Region Akimat stated that all those who fell ill were hospitalised with cold symptoms and are reportedly already on the mend.
In the meantime, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dinara Zakieva, is threatening the camp with a serious inspection.
"The camp underwent an inspection regarding the children's living conditions before their arrival. But given this incident and the children's complaints, a repeat inspection was organised. The health department also organised medical support and the search for a nurse for the camp due to the absence of a medic there following a resignation. The sanitary and epidemiological service has conducted an inspection of the camp. Currently, since the start of the season, regional commissioners in all regions are visiting camps to inspect and monitor the situation and conditions," - reported the children's ombudsman.
It will be recalled that earlier, staphylococcus was found in cooks at two children's camps in the Burabay District, and E. coli was found in food samples.
Furthermore, it emerged that three private camps in the Burabay resort area did not have a licence to provide medical care, and expired medicines were used in their medical stations.
At a children's camp in the Akkol District, there were no medicines at all, even though the district hospital is 40 km from the camp.
Later, 40 people were brought to administrative and disciplinary responsibility over these incidents, multi-million tenge fines were imposed, and the operation of 2 children's camps was suspended.