Shelton Nursing Home Fined $3,000 After Patient Left In 95-Degree Heat Dies

SHELTON, Conn. -- A Shelton nursing care facility has been fined $3,000 by the Connecticut Department of Public Health for the staff's failure to check on a 79-year-old patient who died after she was left outdoors unattended for three hours on a 95-degree afternoon, according to the Connecticut Post.

A nursing home patient at Gardner Heights Health Care Center died when she was left unattended in 95-degree heat July 27.
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Jay Waitkus

09/03/2016 10:45 a.m.

Staff members lost track of the patient, Sally K. Gerrity, during a shift change at the Gardner Heights Health Care Center on July 27, and she remained outside in her wheelchair; when found, she was found unresponsive, the Connecticut Post reports.

Gerrity's body temperature had risen to 105.7 degrees, and she died as Shelton EMS arrived, according to the Connecticut Post.

To read the Connecticut Post story, click here.

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