A relative of two women with COVID-19 has filed a police report over negligence at their home for the elderly that is trying to control an outbreak of the virus.
Mario Mifsud is angry about the way Residenza San Guzepp in Fgura is being run and how its residents are being treated – and he is joined by a chorus of other relatives.
His sister and mother both tested positive on Monday – joining 113 other cases of the 278 residents in the home – and Wednesday was the first time he was contacted by a government doctor since the number of coronavirus cases started growing over two weeks ago.
He and others claim it is understaffed – with 29 workers infected and 50 in quarantine, according to the management, who did not reply to questions on how many employees were actually doing the job.
“With the coordination between our home and all the departments concerned, we have managed to control the situation of our workers,” general manager Emmanuel Saliba said.
But as a result of the alleged lack of staff, Mifsud recounted how his 47-year-old sister, who uses a wheelchair and has cerebral palsy, “rang the bell for two hours to get some water to drink” recently, while another resident, who...