HotNews has twice asked the Ministry of Health that the public can see the Minister’s Order in the case of Saint Pantelimon. Sources from the ministry claim that “the way in which Rafila decided to do this discipline hides something important”. The ministry did not want to issue the order, but responded with a press release in April. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said that he also wants to see these documents.
- The minister is the one who signs not only the sending of the Control Group, but also the report at the end. All this is still being kept “secret” by the MoS regarding the 17 people who died in three days.
On Thursday, April 11, 2024, after the case of the death of 17 people within three days became public, Minister Alexandru Rafila announced that he doubted that the complaints from St. Pantelimon real.
“I have doubts about this situation, especially since we are talking about a medical assistant who says that the doctors would not have given the correct treatment”, said the official, who was register with Agerpres. The Minister of Health also said that he will send the Control Corps, “tomorrow morning itself”.
The control group found only “bad communication”
The Control Group’s findings came on April 17, after five days of investigation. In a statement from the Ministry of Health, it is said that communication problems within the hospital were the only things that the Control Group found in the investigation carried out between April 12-16 in the case of dead patients. “The reports made by the hospital staff are based on faulty communication between the management of the unit and the people concerned,” he explained. Ministry of Health.
In the communication, he speaks of “the position of the Minister of Health”, not an order, the same form with which the Control Group is sent. “Many of us, in the ministry, believe that Minister Rafila did not, in fact, send the Control Group in the official way, as this has been done, but a cover was arranged, that is, he went there on word. , so that it gives a sense of control,” said an expert from the MoS, on condition of anonymity. The editorial office spoke to the Ministry of Health twice, on August 8 and 9, in writing.
Why is the order “secret”?
A ministerial order, establishing a Control Group, is not secret, as a measure of public interest, according to Romanian government practice. As for St. Pantelimon, the Ministry of Health did not want to make the order public.
Why is the order of Rafila important? Because it shows what control objective the minister has set. What was the agreed composition of the Control Group. The minister also receives and approves the final report. Regarding the dead at St. Pantelimon, judicial sources claim that “the people in the hospital did not want to cooperate at first, seeing how the investigation launched by Minister Rafila, one in which he was largely found, but cover up”.
Marcel Ciolacu says he also wants to see what the control did
On Wednesday, before the Government meeting, HotNews asked Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu about this order and if he knows the composition of the control team from the Ministry of Health and what he investigated and found. Marcel Ciolacu replied “no, please, I’m the prime minister.”
However, the Prime Minister also said that he also wants to see what discipline the people who sent Alexandru Rafila to St. Pantelimon did. “I requested through the prime minister’s control group all the documents from the control group of the Ministry of Health, as usual. The head of the control group must tell me what control was done there after the transfer from April”, the Prime Minister also said.
When asked if Minister Rafila is still in office, Ciolacu said: “We will see the whole truth. We are waiting for the results this week, after which we will make a decision.”
The ministry responded to HotNews with a statement from April
“With the publication of the Ministry of Health dated 17.04.2024, it was announced that the inspections carried out by the Control Group of the Minister at the Emergency Clinical Hospital “St. Pantelimon” from Bucharest were concerned about the administrative activities carried out by the medical unit. The investigations focused on the cases reported by a doctor and a medical assistant through two petitions. These inspections were carried out in accordance with the powers of the Minister’s Control Group provided for in the Organizational and Operational Management of the Ministry of Health”. in response from the Ministry of Health to HotNews’ request.
“On 11.04.2024, the control group was at the Emergency Clinical Hospital “St. Pantelimon” in Bucharest to verify the reported aspects, on the same day the criminal investigation and the inspection at the Disciplinary Commission of the College of Doctors of the Municipality of Bucharest regarding suspicious deaths, due to notification of the “St. . Pantelimon” Emergency Clinical Hospital from Bucharest”, it is also shown in the response of the institution directed by Alexandru Rafila.
Meanwhile, the commander of the Control Corps resigned
Sorin Luca, head of the control group of the Ministry of Health, which conducted the inspections at the Pantelimon Hospital in April and concluded that there were no problems, resigned. The news was announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila, before the Government meeting.
“The head of the control group resigned because he thought that after this serious problem that happened at the Pantelimon Hospital, since he was the one who participated in it, it is appropriate for him to resign,” Rafila said.
Rafila is not yet on the Order by which he sent the control to St. Hospital. Pantelimon published, even though the former Minister of Health, Vlad Voiculescu, asked him to do so since last week.
2024-08-14 10:48:03
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