Investigation into parturient woman's death to start soon
Shushanik Bakhshyan, a doctor of Shengavit medical centre accused of the murder of a parturient woman, has been discharged from the Nork republican infectious clinical hospital. Shushanik Bakhshyan was taken to hospital from court on January 23 and was diagnosed with double pneumonia. “She must continue treatment at home. No investigation has been conducted in the past six months,” Shushanik’s lawyer Alexander Sirunyan told A1+. Relatives of Mary Margaryan, the 26-year-old woman who died in July 2015, on the 35th week of her pregnancy, blame Shushanik Bakhshyan for Mary’s death. Mary’s brother claims she had fever for four days, but the doctor refused to take her to hospital. Only on July 26 she was taken to hospital, but the next day her relatives were advised to transfer her to another hospital. Mary was taken to “Erebuni” medical center, where she delivered a baby through Caesarean section. Mary’s health condition was critical and she died on July 29. On July 30, the newborn also died. A criminal case into the death of Mary Margaryan and her daughter was opened on August 3 under Article 130(2) of the Armenian Criminal Code. According to Armenia’s Investigative Committee, Shushanik Bakhshyan was involved in a malpractice, which resulted in the death of a pregnant woman.
