At the Mauguio nursing home in Hérault, the situation is getting worse. At the end of the week, the retirement home near Montpellier was faced with new deaths of elderly residents, whose tests at Covid-19 were positive: among the 86 residents, 11 residents died of the eleven residents died of coronavirus since March 10.
The regional health agency (ARS) specifies that "the other people who died in this nursing home since the beginning of the epidemic phase had not been tested before their death or had revealed a negative test". 20 Minutes did not receive an answer on the number of deceased residents who had not been tested.
"The staff of this establishment are supported by a team from the health reserve to ensure the care of all the elderly people accommodated, by ensuring a regular link with their families," said the ARS, in a press release. The Regional Health Agency remains in permanent contact with the management of this nursing home to meet the needs of these professionals. "
A doctor hired for "a medical presence 7 days a week"
From the start, continues the ARS, “adequate containment and protection measures have been implemented within the establishment. The French Red Cross is very mobilized in support of the Ehpad team, which it manages. Emergency measures have been implemented by the ARS, in particular to organize the delivery of 10,000 protective masks as well as equipment for the recovery of healthcare activity waste with infectious risks. "
Our file on the coronavirus
In this establishment, a team from the national health reserve was also mobilized to participate in the care of residents. The nursing home also hired an additional doctor "in order to benefit from a medical presence 7 days a week".
In addition, concerning information for the families of residents, the ARS indicates that "a general situation point is regularly sent to these families by email and the management of the establishment responds personally to individual requests".
Politics
Coronavirus: PS deputies call for "transparency" on deaths in nursing homes
Health
Coronavirus: "It's chaos, I can't afford to protect my teams and my residents", says an Ehpad manager
- Society
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Retirement home
- Montpellier
- Covid 19
- Coronavirus
- Ehpad