Multiple autopsy reports of the region of Attica in Elderly care unit in Korydallos over the past five years have recorded a bunch of violations and bad dangerous living conditions for the elderly. However, despite bringing these issues to the attention of the judiciary and the decision to close the plant from September 2020, it continued to operate without any problems until the police intervened a few days ago. Meanwhile, at the end of 2021, the Department of Elderly Care, and until a decision was made regarding it to be sealed, was transferred to a new owner, who, according to with protected information “K”has a severe criminal record.

The exposure began when, on November 22, 2022, the Ombudsman, after a citizen’s complaint about poor living conditions in the unit, appeared for a sudden autopsy by the competent services of the region. As established and stated in the report prepared by him, available for “K”– on the day of the autopsy, 56 people were kept in the block, without a license to operate and in completely unsuitable conditions.

The prisoners were unkempt and unkempt and wore dirty clothes that did not belong to them. In the department at admission, all clothes were stored, placed in a closet and distributed randomly. All prisoners were motionless, did not speak or communicate, and there were no elements of occupation or entertainment anywhere, such as a television, radio, book or table. The atmosphere in the room was suffocating, it smelled of urine, and the beds had very thin mattresses and dirty linens. Data from the unit’s catering department shows that fewer rations were purchased than food (for example, 35 rations for 56 people), and many prisoners reported that they did not eat lunch, despite the assurances of the person in charge, who was supposedly a doctor.

The prisoners were depressed, weak, with a very low body mass index. malnutrition. Some had skin lesions, others were in pain (they screamed for help), but no one had any medical documentation or examination protocols. The lack of results of diagnostic studies, the alleged doctor motivated “by the fact that they were transferred to relatives.”

At the same time, while there were new admissions of elderly people, their data was not recorded anywhere and there were no organized individual files. In fact, some of the prisoners who had been identified during the previous check were found to be missing without any proof of where they had gone, as there was no release or death certificate. As characteristically noted in the conclusion, “there are prisoners who seem to be ignored.”

The atmosphere was stuffy, the bed dirty, there was no element of employment anywhere, there was not enough food for everyone.

harsh conditions described is shocking. But the most shocking thing that follows from lawyer’s opinion, lies in the fact that while everything described is revealed by the district services for at least three years and an order is given to seal and transfer the old people to other parts, the part continues to operate and even accepts new receipts. In particular, by decision of the Vice-Governor of the Piraeus region in April 2020, the department’s license was revoked due to an excess number of patients, poor sanitary conditions and malnutrition. Five months later, in September of the same year, the Region ordered that the department be sealed and the patients transferred. However, the company appealed to the Piraeus Administrative Court of Appeal and managed to cancel the revocation of the license and the seal.

From October 2020 to September 2021, the region conducted 8 inspections at the branch, sending autopsy reports to the Piraeus District Attorney’s Office, and also requested the suspension and sealing of the branch. However, when the annulment application is finally discussed in the Piraeus Administrative Court of Appeal, it is rejected for bureaucratic reasons (failure to present a certificate).

In February 2022, the county returns with a sealing order, but on the day the order is executed, the unit is operating at full capacity with 47 guests, Advocate’s report says.

It should be updated Deputy Minister of Labor, which calls for enforcement of the law and closure with the help of the police. And also for the transportation of wards and informing their relatives. Over the following months, the county repeatedly requested data on the people placed in the block, but received no response. In a sudden autopsy, he finds an elderly woman tied up, lying in a black trash bag.

However, the ward is accepting new admissions, and at the same time, its new owner, with a criminal record, is applying for an AGE license, which was denied by the county the day before the last autopsy. was held with a citizen’s lawyer.