On March 25, New York state ordered nursing homes to accept patients regardless of their coronavirus status. That order proved to be a deadly mistake. It was well known that the elderly were more vulnerable to the virus, so having patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in nursing homes allowed the virus to spread, as Governor Andrew Cuomo put it, “like fire through dry grass.”
Despite this, Cuomo defended the policy. Nursing homes “don’t have a right to object. That is the rule and that is the regulation and they have to comply with that,” Cuomo said during a daily briefing last month. He finally rescinded the order on May 11, but the damage had been done.
But New York state was covering up just how deadly this policy was. By not counting the deaths of nursing home residents who died in hospitals in their tallies of nursing home resident deaths, New York was vastly undercounting nursing home deaths. In fact, it was the only state with a large outbreak to do this, and they finally admitted to this in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The NYSDOH confirmed to the DCNF that until around April 28, it was disclosing coronavirus deaths for all nursing home and adult care facility residents, regardless of whether the patient died at their long-term care facility or at a hospital,” The Daily Caller reported. “But the department made a subtle change to its disclosures beginning around May 3, according to web archives. The NYSDOH told the DCNF its disclosure now only reports coronavirus deaths for long-term care patients that died while physically present at their facility.” Deaths of nursing home patients who died in hospitals were still included in the overall count.
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If a resident is discharged to a hospital they are the hospitals responsibility until they are readmitted to the nursing home. That's how it is in Maryland at least. The death would be recorded at the hospital. If you report both you now have 1 fatality counting as 2 (one recorded at the nursing home and one recorded at the hospital).
ReplyDeleteMany Many MORE have been covered up most likely !!! Thousands !!!
ReplyDeleteGovt Norm !!!
10:15 yeah they did it in FL
ReplyDeleteDid you see he said nobody should be prosecuted for there Deaths ?
ReplyDeleteThanks 10:08 "Deaths of nursing home patients who died in hospitals were still included in the overall count." seems like they are still collecting the data no matter what. Those of us who have been working in the field know that unfortunately there is not enough room in hospitals to care for these people (just look at all the tents popping up around Baltimore and DC) so what other option besides leaving them to die do they have? Damned if you do allow them in damned if you don't.
ReplyDeleteThey purposely sent those people to their deaths in order to escalate the numbers and money. They done the same thing here in wic co, but someone quickly intervened. Those responsible should be charged with manslaughter.
ReplyDelete1008 - therein another problem. No standard operating procedures for recording numbers.
ReplyDeleteoy vey!
Wrongful death suits galore.
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