Deputy of the Health Committee, harsh criticism after going to the Iasi Children's Hospital: “I came to see if the law is respected here” / The first thing that attracted the attention
Emanuel Ungureanu, photo: Agerpres
Deputy Emanuel Ungureanu, a member of the Health Commission in the Chamber of Deputies, criticized the management of the nosocomial outbreak on Saturday by the management of the “Sf. Maria” Children's Hospital in Iasi, where six children infected with the Bacteria Serratia Marcescens.
Located in Iasi, the USR deputy visited the Children's Hospital “Sf. Maria”, where the presence of the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, will be announced on Saturday, which will lead control from the health unit.
“Do you know how to be a video camera in the ATI section?”
After a meeting with the management of the “Sf. Maria” Hospital, in a press conference, Emanuel Ungureanu stated that he found the lack of implementation to the Ministry of Health of the norms for the law of combating nosocomial infections, adopted in 2021, as well as the absence of video surveillance cameras in the ATI sections, which, in his opinion,, which, in his opinion.
“I came to see if the law made by us four years ago is respected here. We have a 2021 law to combat nosocomial infections, which has no norms made in full by the Ministry of Health even today. The condolences, which I transmit today, do not take the place of the children's lives. Either a video camera in the ATI section of body A, where six children died?
Ungureanu: The first thing that caught my attention, a jewel on the hand
He reported non -observations of hygiene rules, such as wearing jewelry by medical staff and manipulating patients without gloves.
“I also went to the orthopedic section, with the lady manager, to see certain things. The first fact that caught my attention is that an assistant had a jewel on my hands. It is known that from 2012 it is a law as no nurse, no nurse, nobody from the staff who has a bed, with the patient, with nothing. Ungureanu explained.
The USR deputy criticized the fact that DSP Iasi and the hospital epidemiologist have not yet identified the source of the infection of the six dead children, but also their delayed reaction.
“The date and the date on which the first case appeared. Some that in 7 (September – no), others that in 10. Epidemiologist? ”Said Emanuel Ungureanu.
Six children, who suffered from other associated diseases, died at the “Santa Maria” Hospital in Iași, after being infected with the bacteria of Marcescens Serratia, a nosocomial infection.
The intensive care section, where the children were admitted, was closed, after other patients were diagnosed with the same bacterium. An epidemiological investigation has been initiated.
The Ministry of Health and the Government of Romania must think a concrete plan to combat nosocomial infections in hospitals, President Nicușor Dan reacted, saying that he is “deeply grieving” what happened in Iasi.
