Moscow investigators raid clinic that claimed to cure autism by 'expelling parasites'

Russia's Investigative Committee in Moscow announced searches at a medical facility on Varshavskoye Shosse, without officially naming it. Child psychiatrist Stepan Krasnoshchekov, who has previously criticized the clinic's treatment methods, identified it as PlanetaMed. Footage released by investigators reportedly shows an interior matching the clinic.

Investigators also searched the homes of the clinic's chief physician and other staff members. PlanetaMed executives and administrators were taken to the Investigative Committee for procedural questioning.

Fraud allegations

According to investigators, clinic staff systematically took money from the parents of underage patients while misleading them about the nature of their children's conditions and the effectiveness of the offered treatments. Care that could have genuinely improved the children's health was allegedly withheld, resulting in serious harm to patients.

About the clinic

PlanetaMed is a Moscow clinic founded by neurologist Vasily Generalov, specializing in neurological disorders and claiming to be able to 'cure autism.' Generalov's methods reportedly include special diets, stem cell treatments, and ridding patients of viruses, bacteria, fungi and helminths — approaches that contradict both Russian and international clinical guidelines.