“Where else can these people go? Nowhere.” Why there was no guidance at night in La Colomba”

The deadly fire in the La Colomba guidance center in Ostend exposes a sore point in the healthcare sector. Two residents died in a building where no supervisor was present at night, simply because the law allowed it. The drama raises questions about the safety of vulnerable people who live in the twilight zone between living and care, an area over which the government has little control. “Where else can they go? Nowhere.”

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