Trade union: “Ignorance possible due to high work pressure”

Het Laatste Nieuws writes on Thursday that all kinds of things went wrong in the Rozenberg residential care center in Oostrozebeke. On Wednesday it was announced that a judicial investigation has been ongoing since 2020 into three suspicious deaths from an insulin overdose, and suspicious illnesses in five other residents.

Strict procedures

According to HLN, an undercover journalist had free access to the medicine cabinet. “Insulin must be kept safely under lock and key, you cannot just handle that,” says Bjorn Mous, secretary of the socialist trade union BBTK in Kortrijk.

“There are numerous protocols to guarantee safety in the residential care centers. Of course I do not know the facts in Oostrozebeke, but the staff shortage and the high work pressure in the sector are an old problem. As a result, things sometimes go wrong. private sector, one nurse is present at night for every sixty residents, but in some cases a care worker is on her own.For wzc that fall under CPAS, such as De Rozenberg, the staffing is in theory slightly higher, but there is also an acute staff shortage.”

“More Inspections”

Mous points out that the unions not only want more staff, but are also asking for more inspections.

Minister of Welfare Hilde Crevits (CD&V) already announced on Wednesday that her services were not aware of problems in the residential care center and that an inspection will take place today.