The head of a kindergarten in Makhachkala was fired after injuring a child.

Two teachers and a nanny, accused in the case of injuring a pupil in a Makhachkala kindergarten, have been fired, as has the director of the institution. Inspections following the incident have been organized in all kindergartens in Makhachkala.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", two teachers and a nanny in Makhachkala are accused of involvement in the injury of a girl in a kindergarten. The three-year-old pupil was hospitalized with a diagnosis of "traumatic amputation of the little toe of her right foot." According to the source, the child's toe was pinched by a door and it "started to come off, and the teachers had already cut it off." The girl's severed finger was placed in her tights, and it fell out at home.

The director, two teachers, and a nanny have been fired from Kindergarten No. 22 in Makhachkala, where the girl was injured, Interfax reported, citing the Dagestan Ministry of Education and Science.

The ministry did not specify the charges against the director. Three arrested kindergarten employees have been charged with providing services that do not meet safety requirements (clause "b" of Part 2 of Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code). A criminal case for negligence (Part 1 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) has also been opened in connection with the incident.

The head of the Makhachkala administration's education department, Shagane Baimurzaeva, announced today that an unscheduled inspection will begin at all preschools in the city. The official noted that the incident at Kindergarten No. 22 was a blow "to parents' trust, to the reputation of the entire education system, and to the very essence of the teaching profession."

"Not only the professionalism of the staff will be assessed, but also their psychological state, their attitude toward children, and their ability to work under stress," she wrote on her Telegram channel.

Elena Pavlyuchenko, head of the Education and Science Committee in the Dagestan parliament, in turn, described the case of the child's finger amputation as a "shocking story." However, she noted that this is "not the first case of injuries among children in kindergartens."

"The teachers did not call an ambulance or inform the parents of the incident immediately, attempting to cover up the situation. This suggests that they were thinking not about the child, but about how to avoid responsibility," Pavlyuchenko wrote. She called for unscheduled inspections to be carried out “not only in Makhachkala institutions, but throughout the republic.”