translated from Spanish: Coronavirus: denounce Udaondo Hospital after forcing them to work without the result of the swab

Udaondo Hospital personnel filed a criminal complaint against the City Government in which they claim they were “forced to perform the service even without having the result of the swab” that determines whether they have the new coronavirus. That’s what Martin Alderete, a lawyer for one of the nurses, mentioned. “After confirming the positive covid-19 case of a patient in the hospital, staff were swabbed but were not allowed to comply with the isolation, moreover, they were threatened with penalties and wage discounts,” the lawyer said, who stated that the complaint was assigned to the Federal Court number 6.

On the 27th, a patient with cirrhosis entered the hospital by Guard and, given the severity of her painting, it was decided that she should remain in hospital. He had “breathing difficulties, but as this symptom is compatible with his pathology it was ruled out to activate the protocol”, according to the testimony of one of the nurses affected in dialogue with Télam, who preferred not to give his name. Thirteen days later the condition of the panient was complicated and was referred to intensive therapy where “the COVID-19 patient protocol was activated, she was hysoped accordingly and tested positive,” as the nurse explained, one of those in charge of caring for the patient with a colleague.

Udaondo Hospital is reported for forcing them to work without the results of the swab

“We have 15 beds to cover between them, when in reality every nurse should not have more than four patients at a time,” he said. “Because in the papers it was my partner who was in charge of the COVID-19 patient, at first they didn’t want to do the swab even though I said I had helped the woman sit down and had removed her urine,” she continued. Lawyer Alderete said that after the insistence of the nurse – who has been working in the hospital for five years – she was finally tested, but the authorities “did not allow him to comply with the protocol for these cases,” namely social isolation. The lawyer argued that failure to comply with a protocol affecting public health is a criminal offence. “When she said she was not going to take her turn because she was in solitary confinement until she had the result, she was forced to attend the same with the threat of deducting her salary,” she said. We consider it a frank violation of the decrees emanating from the PEN (National Executive Power) that require mandatory quarantine to those who have had close contacts with confirmed cases of COVID-19″, argued Alderete.In addition, the complaint consists of another no lesser data. To date, “there has been no thorough cleaning of the service where the patient was housed, in accordance with the protocols that the Ministry of Health of Porteño itself had”. In this note:

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