Because of a corona outbreak that left three dead in a nursing home in Hildesheim, a former home employee has to answer in court. The charge of negligent homicide and negligent bodily harm had been approved, a spokesman for the district court in Hildesheim told the dpa news agency on Monday.
First, “Der Spiegel” and “Die Zeit” reported about it. The 45-year-old is accused of faking a double vaccination against the corona virus by presenting a fake vaccination card.
At the end of November 2021, the woman initially continued to work as a so-called everyday companion in the home, despite her son’s corona infection. Her employer had allowed this because he assumed that she had been vaccinated twice. However, the vaccination card presented was forged. Three residents aged 80, 85 and 93 died in the outbreak in the home.
The woman admitted the falsification of the vaccination card, but denies being responsible for the Corona outbreak. She is said to have been infected with the corona virus herself unnoticed and initially infected a colleague during a coffee break.
According to “Zeit”, no other charges have become known since the beginning of the pandemic after outbreaks in homes, clinics or medical practices, although there have been numerous investigations and suspicions of organizational or individual misconduct. According to the spokesman for the regional court, the process will not start before March 2023.
