AN ILLEGAL British-owned residential residence within the Murcia area has been uncovered after an unnamed 84-year outdated woman- additionally British- needed to be rushed to hospital.
She was affected by excessive dehydration and kidney failure on the unlicensed residence based mostly within the village of La Manchica within the Cartagena space.
The Pension Hakuna Matata-Rural Visitor Home is run by Brian Okay and Susan Okay and has operated since 2018 and consists of the one bar within the village, which in the intervening time is ‘quickly closed’.
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It’s stated to have as much as 34 residents, all of that are British.
The couple purchased three linked properties to arrange a visitor home and bar, in addition to working the nursing residence underneath the identify of ‘Casa Care’.
An ambulance workforce found the sufferer A.S. in her room which was in a deplorable state with cats, garbage, excrement and animal urine.
An investigation by the El Diario information portal into the actions at La Manchica included first-hand testimony from a physician in regards to the situations: “It’s a very murky and unusual place, the place it is not uncommon for us to take care of very outdated individuals with critical pathologies who shouldn’t be there due to the state of the rooms.”
A nurse instructed El Diario about what was discovered when visiting A.S. “It was a disgusting room, and inside we noticed an aged lady who’s already lacking a kidney, utterly uncared for, scuffling with extreme dehydration.”
“She was on the verge of a coma and had been admitted to hospital a number of days earlier for a robust blow to the top.”
The nurse says a criticism has been filed with the Guardia Civil and Cartagena’s Policia Native, whereas the physician has contacted the Public Well being division.
In the meantime, A.S. Is now being cared for at an official nursing residence.
‘Casa Care’ is branded through its web site as a ‘senior citizen residence and assisted dwelling’ that provides a ‘care service for you and your family members’.
It affords a variety of companies together with entry to an ‘skilled’ nurse of 32 years who’s believed to be Susan Okay.
Costs- not together with VAT- vary from €100 for twenty-four hours of care to €2,000 for 4 weeks in accordance with the web site.
Native authorities together with Murcia’s Ministry of Social Coverage have confirmed the premises have by no means been licensed for well being care or a nursing residence.
Brian Okay’ instructed El Diario that the ‘residence closed 10 years in the past,’ however movies and pictures of aged residents have been posted on-line over the past 12 months.
An unnamed British man from the realm commented: “It’s a fairly bizarre place. The bar is nearly by no means open.”
“Its the right place to arrange a residence with out a license: it’s in the course of nowhere, with nobody to look at over it,” he steered to El Diario.
