China's civil administrations reacted instantly following a Thursday report
about a retired veteran who suffered from a painful leg injury at a county-level
nursing home for months in Hebei province.
Veteran Yuan Zhengxin sits in a chair
and his legs are bandaged to simply deal with the discharge of pus.
[sina.com]
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Instructed by the state's Ministry
of Civil Affairs, the local civil administration has ordered the director of the
nursing home in Lingshou county, Zhao Jun, to conduct a self-examination on
Thursday. It revealed that further punishments will be worked out, including
possibly dismissing him as the chief of the home.
Yuan Zhengxin, a retired veteran of the former Voluntary Army of China whose
legs are in critical condition, has been taken to hospital for treatment.
The Yanzhao Metropolis News disclosed in a Thursday report that 16 elderly
people living in the nursing home suffered from shabby living conditions.
In the report, the elders complained they were not attended to and living in
unheated rooms.
Yuan Zhengxin, one of the residents, most of whom once took part in China's
Liberation War and the Korean War in the country's early years, has been unable
to walk due to the discharge of pus in both his legs.
According to Yuan's brother, his condition began months after Yuan fractured
a rib in March when he was washing his sheets. However, the nursing home failed
to take him to see a doctor and paid little attention to his injury, worsening
his condition.
The director of the county's bureau of civil affairs, Wang Jinmin, said he
was shocked by the incident since all allocations from the government's finances
have been in right place and there was enough for the livelihood and medical
care of these old people.