“Care for resources does not relieve the obligation to provide assistance”

The area of ​​health planning has an inspection department, which is part of the Rosen Inspection Service. Dr. Cristian Matelicani is responsible for these functions at Esquel and serves as time chain The situation in the “Manos Unidas” nursing home after the death of her grandmother and the complaints of the guard doctor of the Esquel Regional Hospital in the Prosecutor’s Office.

An inspection was conducted on site and “the families expressed their gratitude for the attention they received. Through my activities, I got to know everyone in the team and we have always had a good image of the nursing home.”

He insisted that if people who go to elderly-related institutions do not have a trained eye, they will definitely be worried, but “it does not mean that they are not good at home”, clarifying that according to the budget of the family, this is the price of the services provided. Quality, which is why regulations require minimum requirements.
For example, Dr. Matlikani emphasized that food provided to the elderly must be supervised by a nutritionist, “and we see these are things we try to comply with.” He reasoned about the common pattern of doctors in nursing homes, if It’s hard for hospitals to find a doctor, then even more so for these nursing homes, although that doesn’t show liability.

Following complaints and a raid on the “Manos Unidas” home, the Inspectorate of the City of Rosen ordered the intervention of the Ministry of Health inspectorate, which took place on Wednesday afternoon.

When asked about the results of the above-mentioned examination, the doctor pointed out that according to the records, it was the same situation found during their routine examination, and “the grandparents were fine.” He added that a specific incident occurred there (four people died, some of whom had symptoms of gastroenteritis) that had to be studied, warning that they could not access medical records because they were quarantined.

Dr. Christian Matlicani emphasized that family members expressed good care for the elderly at home, although he acknowledged that the complaining doctor, Mario Prado, would have had his reasons and complications in his service, ” In my opinion, it’s really not his area to complain because the hierarchical line is complaining up, not down.”
He mentioned that Dr. Prado’s point was that due to the lack of human resources in the hospital, he had to take care of the hospital’s human resources, but this did not exempt him from complying with the obligation to assist. If you don’t have the resources, you should complain where it belongs. “

At the same time, Matlikani noted that the results of the inspection have been sent to Rosen for a decision to be made by the Director of Inspections, who are producing the reports required by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Office. On the speculative possible closure of the nursing home following last Monday’s raid, he insisted, “The property complies with the established legal requirements, the authorization is valid and we have not received complaints from users of the residence.”

He reflected that we must not forget that “old people’s homes are often thought of as our final resting place; it doesn’t sound great, but it is what it is. Families entrust care to these families because they cannot do it at home. A lot of things are mixed up in this case and if both parties acted within the norm, the judge has to rule.”

Dr. Matlikani said that a nursing home, a home for the elderly or whatever it is called, is a company entrusted by families to take care of the elderly, and the Ministry of Health must become the regulatory entity because there are other areas that have the infrastructure to do so, such as through Ministry of Families and Senior Citizens Council in the field of senior citizens. #