Posted on 11/16/2020 5:44:34 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
BRUSSELS - Belgian authorities “abandoned” thousands of elderly people who died in nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic and did not seek hospital treatment for many who were infected, violating their human rights, Amnesty International said in an investigation published Monday.
Between March and October, Amnesty International said “a staggering” 61.3% of all COVID-19 deaths in Belgium took place in nursing homes. The group said authorities weren’t quick enough in implementing measures to protect nursing home residents and staff during this period, failing to protect their human rights.
Amnesty International said one of the reasons so many people died in nursing homes is because infected residents weren’t transferred to hospitals to receive treatment.
“The results of our investigation allow us to affirm that (care homes) and their residents were abandoned by our authorities until this tragedy was publicly denounced and the worst of the first phase of the pandemic was over,” said Philippe Hensmans, the director of Amnesty International Belgium.
The group also noted that the restrictive measures limiting family visits had negative repercussions on many residents’ health. Some relatives told Amnesty International that when they were allowed back, they realized their loved ones had been neglected because staffers were overwhelmed.
“It was very difficult for my husband to eat alone. As time went by, he lost weight,” the wife of one resident said. “When I asked the staff about it, a care worker told me: ’We can’t feed everyone every day.”
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This was likely on purpose to help balance the budget. The same happened in New York where nursing home patients could have been transferred to the emergency hospital, but none were. Also, if masks work, why release prisoners? The answer is to reduce the budget expenditure. Follow the money.
Socialism.
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