The verdict was announced in the case where 5 defendants were tried regarding the poisoning caused by drinking water in Bolu's Yuva village in 2022, in which 1 person died and 147 people, including children, were affected.
According to the news in AA, the defendants who were not detained attended the hearing at the Bolu 2nd High Criminal Court. Special Provincial Administration Water and Canal Services Director M.A.A., then Provincial Health Directorate Public Health Services Head Ü.B., village headman M.E. and B.K., a nurse working at the Provincial Health Directorate. attended. Lawyers of Eyüp Ertem, who lost his life in the incident, and the defendants were also present at the hearing.
Deputy Secretary General of the Special Provincial Administration and Dörtdivan District Governor Tugay Cantürk, Chairman of the Provincial General Assembly Ekrem Çetinkaya and Special Provincial Administration officials also followed the hearing. The court panel stated that the public prosecutor presented his opinion on the merits during the hearing and promised to make a statement to the complainants.
The complainants demanded that the defendants be punished in the most severe way. Defending against the opinion on the merits, Ü.B., then Head of Public Health Services of the Provincial Health Directorate, said that he could not follow the laboratory results because he was on annual leave at the time of the incident.
Ü.B. He stated that he took over his duties as soon as the cases started coming to the hospital, and that he interviewed all the patients who applied to the hospital and inspected the village and the village's water tank.
"The water quality system was put into operation in 2016. Thanks to this system, the Health Directorate and related administrations can see the analysis results at the same time. We do not need to inform the institution separately." Ü.B. stated that he did not accept the accusations against him and asked for his acquittal.
Village headman M.E. Stating that he has been in office since 2014, he said, "We are cleaning our tanks. 4 neighborhoods use water from the same tank. There has been no other poisoning case in the region. We have to clean it. I also live in the same area." he said. M.E. He stated that he did not accept the accusations of negligence and requested his acquittal.
Special Provincial Administration Water and Canal Services Manager M.A.A. "Muhtars' offices carry out all kinds of operations such as maintenance, protection and cleaning of drinking water. We were not given the task of inspecting the network. At the meeting held in 2019, in which the village headmen also took part, it was decided to clean the warehouses and notify the Special Administration of this process. This decision was not notified to our directorate. The relevant personnel of the period were not notified either. If the staff at that time had done this duty, I would have implemented this practice starting from 2021 when I took office." I would continue." he declared.
M.A.A. Before the incident, the Special Provincial Administration personnel noted that it was confirmed in the minutes that K.D delivered the chlorine and chlorination device to the headman for the water tank that allegedly caused the poisoning and the tanks of 4 neighborhoods in Yuva village. Nurse B.K. He did not accept the claim that he neglected his duty, arguing that he fulfilled his duties in the best possible way during his time working in the infectious diseases unit.
The court board sentenced village headman M.E. to 6 years and 8 months in prison for "negligently causing the death of one person and injuring more than one person" and banned him from performing his duties for 2 years.
The committee sentenced Ü.B. to 3 years and 4 months in prison for "causing injury to more than one person" and banned the defendant from performing public duties for 1 year.
Defendants M.A.A, F.İ., who were sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison for "neglect of duty". and B.K. It was decided to postpone the announcement of the verdict.
On the other hand, the delegation decided to determine the person who replaced Ü.B. on the date that he stated that he was on annual leave, and to file a criminal complaint against him to the Bolu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the crime of causing the death of Eyüp Ertem.
