The applicant, Andrey Gorbunov, is a Russian national who was born in 1970 and is serving a five year and three month prison sentence in the Kurgan Region (Russia) for drug trafficking. Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment), he complains about inadequate medical care in detention, especially in view of the fact that he suffers from heart disease. In particular, he alleges that he is in need of surgery and that the authorities have put his life at risk by refusing to let him be transferred to a specialised cardiac hospital in Moscow.
Citation: Gorbunov v Russia (App no 43174/10) ECHR 5 February 2013
(citation from the official press-release prepared by the European Court of Human Rights)