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Five deaths from 2018 to 2020 due to legionella, contracted during hospitalization at the Polyclinic. A storm hits the health care of Apulia: the Bari prosecutor’s office ordered this morning the seizure of the two most important pavilions of the Polyclinic, the Chini and Asclepios, which until a few weeks ago was the Covid Hospital of Apulia.
And he called for the prohibition of the entire management of the second largest hospital in Puglia: the general director Giovanni Migliore, the health worker Matilde Carlucci, the administrative Tiziana Di Matteo, the health deputy director Giuseppe Calabrese and the head of the technical area, Claudio Forte.
Bari, at the Legionella Polyclinic water abnormalities: 6 patients transferred
According to the investigation, five people died from legionella, a bacteria that was present in hospital pipes. The first in July 2018, the last on August 7, 2020. However, according to the accusation of prosecutors Grazia Errede and Alessio Cocciolo, in an investigation also endorsed by the regent prosecutor Roberto Rossi, the management of the Polyclinic would not have taken the necessary countermeasures “in the field of prevention” complying with the guidelines provided. The hospital will not close: the right of use has been granted.
