On Thursday, the District Court of Southwest Finland initiated a trial in a trial in which six people are charged with a number of serious crimes related to the home care of a patient provided by a small private hospital company.
Suspected infringements of five and a half years in December 2009 to May 2015.
The company at the center, Kotisairaala Luots, had a four-year contract with the City of Turku, which ended at the end of 2014, when the company was responsible for caring for about 185 patients.
According to police, they uncovered exceptionally serious negligence and misconduct during a two-year preliminary investigation into the company’s home hospital operations in 2011-2014.
Several charges have been filed against the former nurse who served as the company’s CEO, including murder and extortion, aggravation, forgery, drug crime, and two assaults. The prosecutor said that because the victim was an incapacitated patient in recovery care, their deaths should be treated as murder.
The prosecutor filed charges of aggravated blackmail and forgery with a doctor who served as the company’s chief human resources officer.
Turku city officials are also on trial
In addition to the CEO and head office of the Home Hospital Pilot Hospital, charges have also been brought against four officials of the City of Turku. The prosecutor has alleged that they both violated their duty of care by failing to monitor the service contract with the Pilot.
Detective inspector Mika Paaer A representative of the Southwest Finland Police Department, who led the police investigation, described the suspected crimes "exceptional" and added that the case was "social significance".
"The victims were vulnerable people. The care provider has abused a highly trusted position in a way that endangers their lives and health," Paaer said at the time of the investigation.
Source: The Nordic Page