The family of a patient in his or her 80s has filed a complaint saying the patient was pushed by a care worker at a nursing hospital in Naju, South Jeolla, and badly hurt. According to the Kyunghyang Shinmun, police have secured the hospital's CCTV footage and are examining the facts; the account is the complainants' claim only and is neither a confirmed fact nor a legal finding.
The Kyunghyang Shinmun reported on the 6th that Naju Police Station received a complaint from the family of the patient, identified as A, asking for an investigation of care worker B on charges including assault causing injury. The complainants allege that A fell after being pushed by B and severely injured the hip area.
광고 문의 · 300×250What the complainants allege and what is unconfirmed
The complainants are also reported to claim that a nursing assistant witnessed the scene but took no proper action. The report gives no specific diagnosis for the injury, and it does not state exactly when the incident happened.
The care worker's side was not included in the report. Whether a push actually occurred, how it came about if so, and how the fall relates to the injury are all matters for the investigation. We keep the parties anonymous and do not treat either side's account as established.
Focus of the investigation
The CCTV footage secured by police can serve as objective evidence of what happened. Whether there was contact, how the patient came to fall and how nearby staff responded are likely to be points at issue, but police have not been confirmed to have described a specific direction for the inquiry.
How families can verify safety in care settings they cannot easily observe is a long-standing question separate from this case. The outcome here will have to await the police inquiry and any later judicial process.
