What the chief of CJ Iași says about the dismissal of the manager from the “Sf. Maria” Hospital, required by Minister Rogobete / Reaction of Cătălinei Ionescu
Costel Alexe, photo: Agerpres
The president of the Iasi County Council, Costel Alexe, said that the situation of the management of the Children's Hospital in Iasi will be analyzed on Monday morning, stating that tens of millions of euros were invested in the hospital, but they cannot supplement the medical protocols, informs news.ro. The dismissal of the manager from “Sf. Maria”, Cătălina Ionescu, was required on Saturday by the Minister of Health Alexandru Rogobete.
Costel Alexe said on Saturday, after a meeting that took place at the Children's Hospital in Iasi, attended by the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, that on Monday morning he will make the announcement regarding the fate of the current management of the hospital.
“The situation from a managerial and administrative point of view we will analyze it on Monday morning. We want to send a firm message: the children of our community must be carefully taken care of,” said CJ Iasi, Costel Alexe.
He said that in the Children's Hospital in Iasi, in recent years, investments of tens of millions of euros have been made, but that the money cannot supplement the strict respect for the medical protocols. “In the Children's Hospital, tens of millions of euros have been invested in the children's hospital in recent years, precisely to provide quality medical services. Unfortunately, I think it happens in most hospitals in the country, no matter how much money they are invested or how modern the facilities are, they cannot fulfill everything that means medical protocol or legal norms.”
He also said that both the County Council and the Children's Hospital provides all the information requested by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry's Control Body or by the Sanitary Inspection. “We are with this process, because we want such cases to not happen in any hospital,” Costel Alexe added.
“It's his choice and respect it”
The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, announced that he will dismiss “without any explanation and without discussion” the management of the Public Health Directorate in Iași, after at the “Saint Maria” Hospital, six children died infected with the Bacteria Marcescens.
At the same time, Rogobete said that he asked the president of CJ Iași to dismiss Cătălina Ionescu, the manager of the “Sf. Maria” Hospital.
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The hospital manager, the doctor Cătălina Ionescu told the press on Saturday that he would analyze if he was wrong. She said that the measures in the hospital were taken, but “perhaps” that they had to be notified.
Asked if the Minister of Health's request seems to him to resign as a manager, Cătălin Ionescu replied: “It's his choice and I respect it.” Regarding the possibility of creating a hygiene breach in the hospital, which would have led to the Bacteria Marcescens, the doctor Cătălina Ionescu explained that this bacterium “you can find it in ventilation, in drainage, in drinking water, in sterile solutions, in disinfectants”.
Asked if he was sorry for something, Cătălin Ionescu replied: “I'm sorry those children have died.”
