A HSE-run nursing home where 22 elderly residents lost their lives to Covid-19, and which is at the centre of whistleblower allegations, breached several infection-control rules, leaving them at higher risk from the virus, an investigation has found.
The report backs up five of 12 allegations made by former healthcare worker Margo Hannon who was working in St Mary’s Nursing Home in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, at the time.
The review team, in a summary report, said it acknowledged the unprecedented nature of what the team in St Mary’s were dealing with.
However “the HSE fully accepts that there were a number of issues identified in this report which put residents at further risk of Covid-19 infection at that time”.
The HSE said it would like to acknowledge the important role of the whistleblower in highlighting issues.
Among the five areas of failings were concerns about failures to lock down wards and buildings.
The investigators found that while the need for measures such as social distancing was communicated, it was not monitored and there was evidence that social-distancing guidance was not always adhered to.
The investigators noted, however, they could not find definitively on the suggestion that agency staff moved between wards.
A number of concerns were...
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