Flu outbreak kills nine at psychoneurological boarding home in Prokopyevsk
A commission has identified nine deaths among residents of a boarding home in the city of Prokopyevsk, where a flu outbreak occurred. In the vast majority of cases, people died from heart problems, our colleagues from NGS42.RU were told on Thursday, January 29, by the Ministry of Social Protection of Kuzbass.
«For each case, a thorough check of the causes of what happened will be conducted with the involvement of all competent authorities. The information has been transferred to law enforcement agencies for legal assessment,» the department reported.
According to expert conclusions, nine people died, the youngest of whom was 19 years old, the oldest — 79.
69-year-old woman died from decompensation of long-term heart failure in an ambulance;
67-year-old woman — from chronic heart failure in the psychoneurological boarding home;
two women 79 years old died in the boarding home from encephalopathy and decompensation of heart failure;
42-year-old man died from thromboembolism at the Prokopyevsk City Hospital inpatient department;
68-year-old man died from chronic lung disease at Prokopyevsk City Hospital;
21-year-old girl with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy died in the psychoneurological boarding home.
The causes of death for two more residents, a 19-year-old youth and a 73-year-old woman, are being determined; both died in the city hospital.
Earlier, sources from NGS42.RU in the institution said that people in the boarding home were kept in cold rooms, which could have led to the deterioration of their health and complication of illnesses. At the same time, the head Elena Morozova allegedly did not respond to complaints about the cold in two buildings of the institution and took no action, and the outbreak of the disease was attempted to be concealed.
«The cold was unbearable, worst of all where the bedridden were. Now, while the commission is working in the building, they are heating it up full blast. If they could provide heating, why didn»t they do it earlier, just freezing people?«— an employee says.
The director of the boarding home, Elena Morozova, allegedly knew about the situation but took no measures, the outbreak of infections was attempted to be concealed.
