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AG Charges 2 Holyoke Soldiers' Home Supervisors Over Wave Of COVID-19 Deaths AG Charges 2 Holyoke Soldiers' Home Supervisors Over Wave Of COVID-19 Deaths
AG Charges 2 Holyoke Soldiers' Home Supervisors Over Wave Of Covid-19 Deaths Two Holyoke Soldiers’ Home supervisors are being charged in connection to a wave of COVID-19 related deaths that swept through the hospital in March. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced on Friday, Sept. 25, the charges against hospital former Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director Dr. David Clinton. Walsh and Clinton are facing the same charges: 5 counts each of criminal neglect and five counts each of serious bodily injury, Healey said. Healey said the charges are the result of a few particular alleged actions when COVID-19 positive residents were inter…

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by Kristin Palpini
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COVID-19: Holyoke Soldiers' Home Suspends Visitation After A Resident Tests Positive COVID-19: Holyoke Soldiers' Home Suspends Visitation After A Resident Tests Positive
Covid-19: Holyoke Soldiers' Home Suspends Visitation After A Resident Tests Positive The Holyoke Soldiers’ Home has suspended all visitation following the discovery that a resident who had contracted COVID-19 has again tested positive for the virus. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced the temporary suspension Tuesday, July 28. “The Home is immediately taking necessary precautions and is performing full-house testing with support from the Massachusetts National Guard, and temporarily suspending all visitation,” EOHHS said. The infected individual has been taken to the hospital for treatment. The Holyoke Soldiers’ Home was the site of …

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by Kristin Palpini
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Scape Goat? Holyoke Soldiers' Home Super Pushes Back Against Blame For Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak Scape Goat? Holyoke Soldiers' Home Super Pushes Back Against Blame For Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak
Scape Goat? Holyoke Soldiers' Home Super Pushes Back Against Blame For Deadly Covid-19 Outbreak The Superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home - where a major COVID-19 outbreak led to 76 veteran deaths and more than 80 additional infections - is pushing back against the assertion that his mismanagement led to the tragedy. On Thursday, July 23, attorney William Bennet held a press conference to redress critiques of his client, Superintendent Bennett Walsh, and poke holes in the state’s report on the Soldiers’ Home’s response to the pandemic. As head of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, Walsh has largely been blamed for the deadly fiasco, Gov. Charlie Baker put him on administrative leave …

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by Kristin Palpini
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COVID-19: $176 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Holyoke Soldiers' Home By Veterans' Families COVID-19: $176 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Holyoke Soldiers' Home By Veterans' Families
Covid-19: $176 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Holyoke Soldiers' Home By Veterans' Families The families of veterans who died due to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home are seeking $176 million through a class-action lawsuit against the home’s leadership. Lawyers from the firm Lesser, Newman, Aleo, and Nassar, of Northampton, announced the filing of the federal lawsuit on July 17 in front of the Springfield Court House. The $176 million figure would provide $1 million to each of the families of the 76 Holyoke Soldiers' Home veterans who died from COVID-19. The remaining $100 million would cover punitive damages and be available to the 80 additional veterans who, la…

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by Kristin Palpini