Report: New York Nursing Home Let Coronavirus-infected Staff Treat Residents

[mystery-ak]

Joel B. Pollak 30 Apr 2020

New York State officials allowed nursing home employees infected with coronavirus to continue to work and to treat residents at the Hornell Gardens facility in rural Steuben County, according to a New York Post report.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come under increasing scrutiny for a March 25 directive ordering nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients. The text of the directive stated (original emphasis): “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”

Cuomo has since said that nursing homes could tell the state Department of Public Health they could not accept such patients, or transfer them to other facilities. However, some homes have said that the state was unresponsive when they reached out, and that they felt intense pressure to accept the patients — despite the unique risk coronavirus generally poses to elderly people.

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[catfish1957]

Joel B. Pollak 30 Apr 2020

New York State officials allowed nursing home employees infected with coronavirus to continue to work and to treat residents at the Hornell Gardens facility in rural Steuben County, according to a New York Post report.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come under increasing scrutiny for a March 25 directive ordering nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients.

Cuomo's COVID-19 patient seeding of nursing homes is up there in the same category of the trading smallpox laden blankets to the indians.

[PeteS in CA]

1. Allowing coronavirus-positive people to continue working in SNFs was practically homicidal!

2. Here is the State of NY link to Governor Cuomo's order requiring SNFs to re-admit Covid-19 patients, https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf .

[catfish1957]

1. Allowing coronavirus-positive people to continue working in SNFs was practically homicidal!

2. Here is the State of NY link to Governor Cuomo's order requiring SNFs to re-admit Covid-19 patients, https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf .

I hope every resident with family in nursing homes rise up in outrage , and lynches this POS.