Coronavirus, the ASP of Reggio Calabria allegedly “abandoned” positives in isolation and quarantine contacts: investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office on the government commissioner [DETTAGLI]

Coronavirus, the file was opened about a month ago by the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri and the deputy Gerardo Dominijanni

The Public Ministry of Reggio calabria has launched an investigation into the lack of follow-up positive patients Alabama COVID-19 for himProvincial health company. The file, a kind of cognitive investigation, was opened about a month ago by the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri and by the deputy Gerardo Dominijanni. The investigation, initiated by the Public Ministry, also refers to the delays in completing the swabs and the disclosure of the results. There are currently no suspects. Prosecutors are trying to verify the reason why the quarantined asymptomatic positive patients would have been abandoned at home without any communication or assistance from the health authority. Basically, once placed in solitary confinement, they would not have been able to contact the health personnel who were supposed to treat them and provide the necessary information on how to handle the quarantine period. Finally, from the first controls carried out by the carabinieri, it seems that the situation is due to the lack of personnel in the Asp public health and hygiene unit. The doctors and nurses should be in their 60s, but in reality there are only 14 employees in the Prevention department of the company led by the prefectural commissioners after the dissolution by mafia infiltration. With the outbreak of the pandemic last March, the hiring of health personnel was authorized. This was not done and the contest process only began after the Prosecutor’s Office began the interrogations of some ASP employees.