Personal care home residents in Manitoba were punched, slapped, kicked and sexually assaulted — and not only did the office investigating those allegations not consider it abuse, but a director overturned an investigator’s finding of wrongdoing in at least one case.
The provincial auditor general released a scathing report Wednesday into the Protection for Persons in Care Office (PPCO) which investigates allegations of abuse and neglect in health-care facilities and is under the responsibility of Manitoba Health.
“I am deeply concerned by our findings and recognize the painful experiences the victims and families went through,” Tyson Shtykalo wrote in his 41-page report, summing up an investigation he