Revelations from Bihor Emergency Services Chief on Treatment of Patients in Unauthorised Care Facilities
Dr Hadrian Borcea has described how people from centres run by businessman Viorel Pașca arrived at hospital in precarious conditions. The administrator would abandon them at the railway station or bring them back to emergency to get rid of them.
Revelations from Bihor Emergency Services Chief on Treatment of Patients in Unauthorised Care Facilities
The coordinator of the emergency services department at the County Hospital in Oradea has made disturbing statements about the fate of patients and disabled persons housed in facilities run by businessman Viorel Pașca. They arrived at the medical facility in serious condition, and the man who operated the centres would later abandon them or bring them back to emergency simply to be rid of them.
On Tuesday morning, 30 June 2026, medical staff began receiving the first people evacuated from unauthorised buildings. Numbers grew rapidly, reaching 33 individuals requiring consultation. Of these, 15 did not require hospitalisation, 18 remained under observation, and two were admitted: one to the infectious diseases ward and the other to pneumology, requiring oxygen support. The remaining 15 were directed to the command post at Tinca, to be relocated to other authorised facilities.
One of the most severe cases was that of a patient with a three-day-old head injury who had received no care in that time. He is now under the supervision of specialists in Oradea. Authorities will establish how he came to be in this situation.
Dr Hadrian Borcea also recounted the story of a married couple, abandoned by their children, who remained together throughout the transport to hospital. The two continuously held each other's hand when they were picked up, on the way, and during their stay in the emergency reception unit. An image of them was captured by medical staff and became a symbol of the human tragedy hidden within those facilities.
"There are all sorts of tragedies. Personally, I am enormously pleased about what is happening now, because that nest of vipers, those who profit from this kind of family tragedy, is being shut down," the doctor said.
The difficulty is not recent but one that local institutions have faced for many years. The Prefect's Office intervened on numerous occasions, many meetings were held on this issue, and the County Hospital in Oradea ceased directing patients to those facilities.
Nevertheless, the man running the centres found ways to get rid of those he no longer wanted. He had two tactics: either he would bring them to emergency citing medical problems, then refusing to take them back, or he would simply abandon them at Oradea railway station. Local law enforcement and the ambulance service would find them abandoned and bring them back to hospital.
Medical staff sought solutions for these people, temporarily directing them to health facilities in Salonta or Beiuș when Pașca refused to take them back.
"The care was compromised. They were not in bad condition, they were moderately looked after, but this is not the standard we should be aiming for. If I think that in 30 years I have to end up in such a facility and end up in this state, it would terrify me. Because neither the care nor the hygiene were at the level of someone who has lived 80 years and now we need to look after him," Dr Borcea explained.
The specialist expects that in the coming period, several more hundred people relocated from facilities run by the businessman will arrive at the hospital in Oradea and other health facilities.
Source: News.ro
Source: News.ro