A nursing home in Sintra is being raided Tuesday on suspicion of user abuse, as part of an operation chaired by the Ministry of Public Administration and involving elements of the GNR, the Attorney General’s Office said.
The searches are carried out in a properly legalized structure, according to a statement from the Main Investigative and Executive Department (GUSIN), which since March has focused processes related to boarding schools for the elderly, which may involve abuse of users. , misappropriation of income and property, or other crimes related to the operation of nursing homes.
“The process arose on the basis of a complaint filed by the daughter of the user, while the fact of abuse of several users is confirmed by the testimony of witnesses who performed functions in the institution and even resigned due to the situations they witnessed”, it can be read in the note , which added that this investigation is subject to secrecy of justice.
In addition to the Justice of the Peace from the Ministry of Public Administration and the GNR, eight doctors from the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Medicine (four forensic specialists and four internal doctors), three members of the Health Board, and two members of the Institute of Forensic Medicine. Social Security.
“Thus, these investigations are beginning—or, in the case of investigations already underway, evolving—at DCIAP, at the same time that this department is structuring, organizing, and directing the necessary funds to ensure an effective and efficient response,” sums up the statement from DCIAP.