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The Little Cottolengo confirmed this Saturday the death of two older adults of the Mater Dei Residence who were hospitalized and reported that there are 27 people infected, both from the Homeas of Cottolengo.
“In relation to the Cottolengo work (Attention to people with disabilities) so far we have 11 confirmed residents and 2 officials. Meanwhile, in the Mater Dei Senior Citizens’ Residence we have 11 confirmed older adults and 3 positive officials, results that without We are saddened by doubts, but they push us more strongly to respond to the needs of our residents and to deepen health security measures “, they detailed in a statement.
They also reported that within the contingency measures implemented, it was coordinated with Senama, CRS Maipú, Municipality of Cerrillos and Seremi de Salud, the empowerment of a “Mirror Residence” for home Mater Dei, which consists of establishing a special space, with strict isolation measures, for positive asymptomatic older adults who do not have respiratory complications and for those who are discharged from medical facilities after receiving treatment. In this place, adult residents with disabilities will also move.
The second Mirror residence it is already enabled in the facilities of the Cottolengo, thanks to the support of Senadis, and which also seeks to have an isolation facility for residents with severe and profound disabilities who test positive asymptomatic covid-19.
Additionally, it is being coordinated with great urgency in the CRS of Maipú the possibility of testing all residents and officials of Cottolengo, especially starting with households where they are already infected; in addition to periodic fumigations of the entire infrastructure.
They also remembered that “Little Cottolengo’s work is a non-profit charity, currently serving more than 280 residents in Cerrillos: children, youth and adults with irreversible neurological damage; severe and profound mentally handicapped, the majority in a situation of total abandonment of their families and who have entered the home as a protection measure, where they reach their maximum development in a spiritual, social and family environment “.
“In relation to the Mater Dei private residence for the elderly, it has 27 people. Finally, we appreciate the great help that government institutions such as Sename, Senadis, Senama and the illustrious Municipality of Cerrillos have given us. We trust that together we will be able to overcome this pandemic so damaging to our society “They finished.
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