Parents abandoned a seriously ill child in Moscow after raising funds for treatment

Parents from Ingushetia received money for the treatment of a seriously ill child and abandoned him in Moscow. The children's ombudsman of the republic, Zarema Chakhkieva, reported this on her Telegram channel.

She explained that the baby, who was less than a month old, was treated in the capital with the support of charitable foundations and the Ministry of Health of Ingushetia. The organizations covered the costs of travel and accommodation. But, according to Chakhkieva, upon arrival in Moscow the situation took a criminal turn.

“The parents refused to travel accompanied by the child, and the funds that the foundation collected and donated were spent for their own purposes. The child was left in the capital of Russia to the mercy of fate,” the commissioner shared in the post.

She sent appeals to the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and guardianship authorities with a demand to carry out an investigation into the adults. Chakhkieva asked law enforcement officers to provide a legal assessment of the parents’ actions, find out whether they were registered in the past, and take the family under strict control.