Coronavirus: at least 29 dead in a single Ehpad in Mougins, the angry mayor

"It's something apocalyptic, it's a massacre. The mayor of Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes), Richard Galy, does not hide his anger. The number of deaths related to Covid-19 in the residence La Riviera, an Ehpad of the commune, increased still further and reached 29 dead, indicated the mayor on Friday. The elected official, also a general practitioner, now issues an "ultimatum" so that residents and staff are all detected without delay.

"Following today's crisis meeting from which no concrete decision emerged, I can no longer trust either Korian (owner of this establishment for dependent elderly people) or ARS (Regional Agency for health) in the management of this tragic situation where every minute counts, "he added in a press release entitled" Mouth of the mayor ".

"It's been almost two weeks since I asked to test everyone [...] It is April 3 and today it seems that half of the staff has been tested but the residents still haven't", he continued, adding : "It's an ultimatum: by Monday morning, all the staff and all the residents must be tested, and work done to seal the healthy block from the sick block."

Rehousing in a refused hotel

“If this is not possible, I will request the requisition of the hotel to save people who are currently in good health because in my opinion, they have no chance of getting out of it by staying in the 'establishment is dramatic,' he protested.

A spokesperson for the establishment confirmed "having communicated 29 deaths to the ARS" and "started screening caregivers this Friday before screening residents scheduled for Monday". "The establishment must be organized into two separate and watertight sectors," he said.

At a new crisis meeting on Friday, Dr. Galy has already proposed that non-sick residents be relocated to a hotel requisitioned under the supervision of a small medical team, but he was refused, because of standards invoked during the discussion associating the ARS, the sub-prefecture of Grasse and the Korian group. "What standards are we talking about when it comes to saving lives?" The only absolute standard is to rescue residents as quickly as possible, ”he wrote in his statement.

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Mayor LR also demanded that "the Korian establishment ensure the communication it owes to families left to their own devices and who interrogate me every day because there is no news from their relatives". Nothing prevents families from picking up their relatives or relatives, subject to certain health precautions, he said.