Several patients suffered respiratory or cardiac distress on September 13 between 1:30 AM to 5:00 AM. At least eight patients eventually died because they did not receive proper medical attention.
Additionally, the nursing home made late entries into the medical records of the patients. The late entries depict an inaccurate situation at the facility. One of the late entries stated that a patient was resting in bed with respiration. However, the patient was already dead before the entry was written.
Gross medical and criminal recklessness
In a statement, AHCA Secretary Justin Senior described the situation at the nursing home “egregious.” The patients went through a “horrifying ordeal.”
“This facility absolutely cannot continue to have access to patients. It is unfathomable that a medical professional would not know to call 911 immediately in an emergency situation,” said Sec. Senior.
He pointed out, “No amount of emergency preparedness could have prevented the gross medical and criminal recklessness that occurred at this facility.”
