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The woman is now expecting a baby and the pregnancy would date back to last April, a period in which she suffered from Covid-19, when the structure was declared a ‘red zone’
The Enna Prosecutor’s Office has opened a file for sexual violence suffered by a disabled young woman with serious mental problems while she was invited to a specialized center in the province of Enna, the Oasi di Troina. After the alleged rape, the woman became pregnant. The pregnancy dates back to last April, a period in which the victim tested positive for Covid-19 and the structure was declared a ‘red zone’. The mobile team of the Enna Police Headquarters, which investigates, has spent days listening to doctors, nurses, facility personnel and people who have been in contact with the young woman to reconstruct the story. The investigation began with a report that the same institution had made to the judicial authority.
The Institute
The Oasi Maria Santissima di Troina is a center specialized in the rehabilitation of mental disabilities, including the very young and autistic, as well as diseases related to senile involution. The institute, considered to be at the forefront of assistance to the disabled, was founded in 1953 by Father Luigi Ferlauto. Last April, in total closure, the facility registered 162 positives for Covid, including hospitalized nurses and operators. The Enna Prosecutor’s Office, which had already opened an investigation with the hypotheses of the crime of homicide and culpable epidemic, has now opened a file for sexual violence. To deal with the outbreak, the Region had sent an emergency commissioner to the Oasis and nurses and doctors from the Army and Navy arrived. The investigations revealed delays and chaos in the handling of the first cases of infected among the guests of the structure, lack of isolation of the first suspected cases, while an internal report of Enna’s ASP spoke of unclear “governance”, of there the commissioner of the Region. .
“Inspection requested”
“Regarding the news that emerged today about the Irrcs Oasi di Troina, I have already asked the health councilor to organize an immediate inspection.” The Troinese regional parliamentarian of Attiva Sicilia, Elena Pagana, wrote in a note. “I applaud the investigation initiated by the Judicial Power and I hope that the dynamics of the events will be known quickly and those responsible and responsibilities will be identified,” he adds.
