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Residents of a nursing home in Corona were hospitalized in its wards, 40 elderly people died

The elderly were housed in designated wards at the nursing home in Haifa, in accordance with the directives of the Ministry of Health, which led to an outbreak among its residents.

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Yoav Itiel

Friday, 06 November 2020, 21:24

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Forty elderly Corona patients died in one nursing home in Haifa and more than 250 of the residents and staff fell ill.

Despite this, patients were hospitalized in the Corona ward at the institution, and were not transferred from it.

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NEWS To the Ministry of Health, the ministry changed the guidelines and last night ordered the nursing home to now report any new verification to be transferred to a geriatric medical center (MARG). The

outbreak in the nursing home began about three months ago and has not yet been fully controlled. The method of operating the hospitalization of patients at the institution, which was taken under the direction of the Ministry of Health.

On Wednesday, the issue was raised by the town director and commander of the liaison unit on behalf of the Home Front Command, at the daily situation assessment meeting held by the municipality In morbidity, "an issue that requires focused and proper attention, for examination and treatment before the Ministry of Health."

The Margoa Nursing Home in Haifa, where a Corona outbreak occurred (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

The first wave went "calm" without any patients, but in August came the eruption.

Although about 60 verified residents were discovered and about ten died within a month, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Health, the institution's management decided to open a corona ward there, and hospitalize verified seniors there instead of taking them to institutions designated for geriatric corona patients.

The fatal result is that as of yesterday, there have already been 256 in the institution, including 78 staff members and 178 tenants.

40 died.

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Corona outbreak in a nursing home in Haifa: 80 became infected within a month, 10 of them died

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"Relaxation" is a nursing home recognized by the Ministry of Health as a geriatric hospital and cares for the elderly, nursing and the mentally debilitated.

The institution is located in the Kiryat Eliezer neighborhood of the city and made headlines a few years ago when it was owned differently and under the name "Neot Kifet HaZahav".

The institution has the capacity to house about 410 residents, including about 320 in nursing wards and another 20 in wards for the mentally debilitated, but the morbidity and death rates of its residents are disproportionately high, also compared to the other nursing homes in the city.

Thus, data from the Ministry of Health show that 48 residents of nursing homes in Haifa after falling ill in Corona, 40 of them of "relaxation".

There are currently 28 verified patients left in the corona ward at the nursing home.

The institution emphasizes that everyone is asymptomatic and that ten of them have already been defined as recovering.

In addition, about 130 isolated residents in three other wards of the nursing home, after being exposed to the virus but test results conducted for them returned negative.

"Twice a week, screening tests are done," said Milena Winokur nursing home principal.

"The crews work with great dedication. They have not left or abandoned. The Ministry of Health accompanies us all the way, visits us, inspects us," Winokur added.

"A nurse from the Infection Prevention Unit visited us and we visited the families of the clean wards."

"The situation with us is a reflection of the situation in the whole country, but what is completely different is that the Ministry of Health has decided to keep the sick tenants with us, these are the guidelines, so we do everything necessary," added Principal Winokur.

"We supposedly left them in the corona ward. I'm supposed to say because it's not in the corona process, not a 'declared' ward. It's an 'isolation ward.' Whether it works or not I still can't say. We can only say after it's all over."

Beyond that, she clarified that "right now we are dealing with each and every case, doing above and beyond and we will continue to do so and treat all the tenants with all the professionalism, I can not hand out scores now 'in the middle of the operation' and our position regarding the Ministry of Health.

Winokur added that "the Ministry of Health is in constant contact with us, we are often visited and in fact accompanied by this whole issue. We are also in contact with the municipal emergency headquarters, we are not alone in the campaign. They are with us all the way."

She admitted that "yes, the virus has skipped from ward to ward. The house is big. Like in a country it has skipped from family to family so here too. In open wards visits are open."

"Leaving asymptomatic residents in institutions as part of the 'Garden in Your Sector' program is a welcome step in order to prevent the traumatic transfer of residents to another place, a trauma that leads to death, especially in dementia care. But without close guidance and provision, Thorns, "he told Walla!

NEWS Dr. Orian Isaac, who heads the 'Association of families of elderly people, which he founded after his grandmother, 96,, a resident nursing home, caught the first wave of the epidemic and died a week ago.

He claimed that the "down" Fathers and Mothers' Health Ministry Unable to interrupt the chain of infection in nursing homes, also due to lack of authority and lack of budgets.

"Even the existing format of visits to institutions kills the tenants, the long disconnect from their family causes a sharp cognitive decline and depression and other illnesses that lead to certain death."

Yitzhak also noted that "the format should be changed immediately and the format of visits to nursing homes should be compared to that in hospitals."

Dr. Yitzhak also clarified that the Association of the Elderly Families has been claiming for many months that "Magen Avot VeAmotim" has no control over the spread of the outbreak of the virus in the institutions.

" For inspections, it is necessary to introduce supervision 24/7 to institutions, in order to enforce strict adherence to the staff and auditors.

Today, 95% of those infected are staff members, although they work with great dedication during this difficult period, erosion is created in their way of defending and it is natural for such a long period that requires them to work in difficult conditions.

"" Therefore, guidance and awareness must be increased. "Switching between tenants," Dr. Yitzhak clarified.

Ministry of Health: "Leaving a patient in an institution contributes to his quality of life"

The Ministry of Health stated that "this is an incident that took place in an institution where infections were detected in Corona for a long time."

As for the sick residents, they confirmed that "most of them are hospitalized in the institution and if there is a worsening of their condition, they are referred to hospitals. The decision to open and close the ward is determined by the Geriatrics Division of the Ministry of Health."

According to the ministry, "Leaving a patient in an institution that is considered his home at the end of his life contributes to ensuring the quality of life of the elderly, on the care continuum and responds to the expectations and requests of the patient himself and his family. This is one of the cornerstones of geriatric care."

The Ministry of Health also stated that "the Geriatrics Division has established guidelines according to which leaving a verified patient will take place in the following situations: A. when there is a suitable staff for proper treatment, B. provided that there is no deterioration in the treatment of all other patients in the institution." ".

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