Florida Nursing Home Case: Many Questions, And Few Answers, After 8 Patients Die
The Rehabilitation Center never lost power — but a transformer that drove its air conditioning unit was knocked out, leaving residents vulnerable to the heat and humidity.
by Bill Chappell
Sep 14, 2017
3 minutes
The shocking news that eight people who were residents of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, Fla., died at the facility in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma has sparked many questions about how such a thing could happen. It has also led to nearly 150 patients being taken to local hospitals.
"The Hollywood Police Department has been granted a search warrant for this property," Raelin Storey, the city's public affairs director, said at a news conference outside the Rehabilitation Center Thursday morning.
Others investigating include Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration and the
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