[전국][제보는Y] “You lived in jail”…What happened at the elderly facility with no visits?

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Elderly people in nursing homes are not easy to visit because of Corona 19.

Several ribs of an elderly man in his 80s were broken one after another while his family could not visit, and an elderly man in his 90s who had difficulty moving his body all had more than 10 stitches of his head in one place.

What happened?

Reporter Minsung Kim covered it.

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An elderly care facility in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do.

Paramedics in protective clothing move the elderly to another hospital.

One elderly person has a clear dark red bruise on his forehead.

Families watching this kind of appearance are seldom able to control their emotions.

[“(못 일어나셔?) 네. 움직이지도 못해….”]

Other family members couldn’t hide their disastrous feelings at the appearance of an 80-year-old mother who was unable to visit once due to Corona 19.

While visiting was forbidden, my mother had nine broken ribs.

[80대 여성 입소자 가족 : (시설 원장이 말하길) ‘기침만 해도 부러질 수 있다. 엄마가 골다공증이 심하다.’ 그런 줄만 알았어요. 병원 찾아가 봤더니 의사 선생님이 ‘무슨 소리냐. 골다공증으로 이렇게 부러질 정도면 벌써 돌아가셨다’고….]

Hospital doctor diagnosis result is traumatic hemothorax.

Given that both ribs were broken, he explained that there must have been some other external pressure.

It has also been argued that a resident in his 90s who had a torn forehead and had to sew more than ten stitches left for a while.

[90대 여성 입소자 가족 : (새벽) 3시에서 4시 사이에 다쳤고 그 후에 아무 조치 없다가 (오전) 11시 정도에 진료를 봤다는 말이잖아요. 거기(침상)를 내려오시다 머리를 찧어서 다쳤다고 하더라고요.]

However, the image of my mother at the time, which I couldn’t usually feel alone, remains intact in the video taken days after the accident.

[“할머니! (엄마 이쪽으로.) 자기가 일어났다니까 확실히 일어날 수 있는지 봐야 할 거 아니야.”]

Her mother’s words on her way back after having a hard trip to the hospital cause her daughter’s strength to collapse again.

[90대 여성 입소자 가족 : (구급차에서) 엄마 괜찮아? 괜찮아? 하니까 손을 꽉 잡고 ‘힘없으면 맞아야 해. 꾹꾹 찔러’ 하기에 뭘 찔러? 했더니 ‘이렇게 찔러, 찔러.’]

I went to the facility to hear an objection about what happened, but I refused to report it at all.

[시설 관계자 : 지금 바빠서 그런 이야기할 시간 없습니다. (그럼 간단하게 좀 여쭤볼게요. 최근에 좀…) 아니요, 됐습니다.]

My family regretted several times that I just regretted those days when I was holding back and turning back because of Corona 19.

[80대 여성 입소자 가족 : 문이라도 박차고 들어가고 싶은 심정이 굴뚝같은데…. 감옥 아닌 감옥살이 하신 거 아니에요? 어르신들이 다….]

The families first sued the facility officials for violating the Elderly Welfare Act.

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