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The San Martino emergency room (file photo)
The daughter of a deceased warns the hospital: “Nobody move the body.” The address: “Request difficult to fulfill”
Genoa – «The history of my father, of our family, is marked by love. And I think that letting you see a loved one who is gone, for the last time, is a gesture of love. With today’s media it can be done. It would be important to my mother, who has not seen my father in three months. And for me it is a way of raising this issue to all those who are in our conditions.
This is the daughter of an 85-year-old man who lived in Marassi and who died in hospital on November 11. San Martin, positive for Covid. Now her daughter, who asked not to publish her surnames “because my request goes beyond our case,” through her lawyer. Isabella Pileri, asked the San Martino to be able to access in a protected way and see the body of his father.
Or authorize a healthcare professional to take a photo and send it to you.
A request that, however, raises more than one problem.
“No doctor or other employee can take responsibility for taking and sending such an image, without knowing what the reaction of those who will receive it, who will see it, will be explained from San Martino.” In physical access, unfortunately, the rules are clear and cannot be allowedEven if someone who works in the hospital knows how much pain this causes. Regarding images, there is a privacy profile that cannot be ignored.
However, the case of patients who in life request the support of doctors, nurses or health social workers to get in contact with family members is different. Through a phone call or video call. Cases of this type are common and make the work of these professionals even more important.
“Let me be clear, there is no controversy in my application and I would not be angry even in the face of a refusal – continues the woman – I am aware of the restrictions that this disease entails and that everything must be done safely.”
His father’s story begins in Albania. “He was an Albanian language teacherBut he was talking about several, ”her daughter continues. He had been a chess master and he told me that he had also trained a European champion.
In Genoa he had already retired and in 1996At the invitation of the City Council, he had donated his Albanian books to a library. ‘ The man was hospitalized in San Martino on October 26. “Mom has had an operation and is in a rehabilitation center. Dad died and my mother hadn’t seen him in three months.
The woman’s lawyer sent a request to the San Martino to allow safe access or to obtain, as mentioned, a picture. With a release to that effect and a warning to move the body first. However, the hospital does not appear to be able to accept applications. “I expect at least one answer – concludes the woman – On Saturday November 21 we will celebrate the funeral».
