The conclusions of an investigation
\ninto the different reports on the Covid-related deaths released by the two
\ninformation platforms the authorities rely on will be used to improve
\nprocedures, so that such errors may no longer appear. The statement belongs to the incumbent Health
\nMinister Ioana Mihaila who went to Parliament on Monday to explain the
\nsituation upon a request from the opposition PSD. <\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
According to a report published
\nearlier, there was a 13% difference between the two platforms, which gives a
\nseries of explanations concerning some technical or human errors. The Health
\nMinistry, which drew up the document considers the situation is justified to a
\ncertain extent, partially acceptable and unavoidable and was caused by the
\naggravated epidemiological situation at the end of 2020. <\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Another cause included in the document
\nis referring to hospital structures, which either failed to report all
\nCovid-related fatalities to the ministry or have included them among other
\ntypes of deaths. The document concludes that this sort of double reporting
\nentails confusion, additional efforts to validate the data as well as wasted resources.
\n<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
According to the Ministry, heard by
\nParliament on Monday, the difference between the two reports is due to human
\nerror and misunderstood methodologies, which have been amended several times
\nsince the beginning of the pandemic. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Minister Mihaila, who was not in
\noffice at that time, has admitted the system’s failures pledging that measures
\nwill be taken to ensure the reform. The official has blamed the error on a
\ncommittee appointed in a previous mandate pledging that sanctions are to be
\nslapped shortly on those responsible. <\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
We are not on a witch hunt, but we
\nhave the right information to take the measures required, Minister Mihaila went
\non to say. The Social Democratic MPs were not satisfied with the answers
\nprovided pointing to the centre-to-right government’s lack of professionalism
\nin handling the pandemic. <\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
MP Alexandru Rafila says that constantly
\ndoubting the figures concerning the tests conducted, the number of patients,
\nthe vaccinated persons and the fatalities registered through contradictory
\nstatements and distorted figures provided by the authorities has enraged the
\npopulation. He recollected that the PSD
\nhas called for the setting up of a Parliament Committee able to investigate
\nthis unprecedented situation to hear the representatives of the institutions in
\ncharge and publish the conclusion. However, the Parliament majority has vetoed
\nthe project. <\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The ruling alliance’s way to handle
\nthe pandemic has also attracted heat from another opposition party AUR and during
\nthe debates the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic
\nHungarians in Romania have called for unequivocal data release. The ruling
\nUSR-PLUS has underlined that the people’s trust in the measures taken by the
\nauthorities hinges on the restoration of truth concerning the pandemic-related
\ndata. Prime Minister Florin Citu last week explained that such errors were
\npresent in all EU countries. <\/p>\n
\n
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