The Commissioner for the Elderly has described the inquiry into the disappearance of a patient from St Vincent de Paul as ‘fair’ and said disciplinary action should be taken against staff who failed to follow basic procedures. “What happened cannot simply be brushed aside as if nothing happened,” Godfrey La Ferla told Times of Malta. “They should have been doing their job, which is taking care of vulnerable people. Instead, we are in a situation where there is a possibility that someone has died.” La Ferla was reacting to Monday’s publication of an internal investigation into the disappearance of Carmelo Fino, also known as ‘Karmenu and Charlie’. He has now been missing since June 28. In his inquiry findings, Judge Geoffrey Valenzia pinned the responsibility for Fino’s disappearance on eight staff members on duty that night. A gate was left open and unguarded by four staff members, and another four did not provide a handover that would have proven whether routine checks had been carried out throughout the night. The judge also said the staff misled those who were involved in the search. The commissioner is still waiting for a copy of the report. La Ferla said the staff at St...