Too Tired To Save A Life
February 10, 2013
On December 21, 2012, an aide at a nursing home facility located in Waconia, Minnesota failed to perform CPR on a nursing home resident, claiming that he was “too tired” to perform CPR, after which the resident died. While some nursing home residents choose to instruct their healt[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
October 11, 2012
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]
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Sexual Abuse Of Nursing Home Resident Alleged In Minnesota
March 26, 2012
A disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse of a nursing home resident in Minnesota is even more egregious because the former nursing home staff member had been investigated for prior alleged incidences of sexual abuse in other nursing homes. Minnesota officials investigated the sexual abuse allegatio[...]
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Minnesota Medical Malpractice Caused Choking Death
February 9, 2012
A Minnesota nursing home resident choked to death on March 18, 2011 while eating fruit from his dinner tray because the nursing home staff failed to supervise the 90-year-old man while he was eating, as they were required to do because of the man’s known swallowing problems. A nursing ass[...]
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