The Lleida prosecutor’s office this Thursday complaint for the alleged crimes of reckless manslaughter, degrading treatment and crime against safety at work before the court of first instance and instruction of Tremp (Lleida) for the Elderly deaths due to Covid-19 and infection of workers in the Fiella residence of this population between 22 November and 25 December 2020.
According to a statement from the prosecutor’s office, the actions taken disclose clues this on the part of the director of the Fiella residence and the health and hygiene manager “There would have been very serious dysfunctions and organizational shortcomings with decisive influence in the infestation of 42 workers out of a total of 65 and in death, between 22 November and 25 December 2020, of 64 of the 142 inhabitants.
Presumably, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, these malfunctions would consist of the violation of the contingency plan, lack of foresight, control and supervision of the direction and the non-acceptance of the recommendations made by the Conselleria de Salut.
The Public Ministry maintains that they “confirmed serious shortcomings in the sectorisation of the positive, in the use of protective equipment by workers, in the treatment of food, clothing and waste and especially in health care for those infected.
“The judicial inquiry will enable progress in determining all possible responsibilities “, emphasizes the prosecutor’s office, specifying that it lodged the complaint after a year of investigations with the cooperation of Mossos d’Esquadra.
The Ministry of Health intervened in the residence on 28 November 2020 and replaced the Fundació Sant Hospital de Tremp – Fundació Fiella in the management and direction of the center, as reported by the Ministry in a statement at the time.
Health Services Management (GMC) took over the management of the old age home until January 2021, when the Sant Joan de Déu – Terres de Lleida Foundation took over, which currently manages it.
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The next of kin of the elderly who died in this nursing home received the news with joy and wisdom “hopeful” for the judge to open the trial, since some of them were transferred to EL PERIÓDICO. Another social worker confirmed this to this newspaper the management of the center “did not pay attention to what Salut said” and that the workers themselves were “unaware” of the residential care sector plan.
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Health staff at the time had already denounced the significant shortage of staff at the center amid an outbreak a year ago. Some have even denounced that the center wanted to hide the outbreak and that the new executives appointed by Salut a information clutter in the record books: among others duplicate records of grandparents.
Guards cry in the corners while the funeral directors were removing bodies from the rooms, grandparents hid behind a door to guess which companions were still alive These are some of the stories that were lived in this nursing home.
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