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NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find
NJ Veterans Homes Where Pandemic Deaths Soared Violated Residents' Civil Rights, Feds Find UPDATE: State-run veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park violated the civil rights of their residents during the COVID pandemic and must correct policies and procedures going forward, federal authorities said Thursday. COVID killed more than 200 residents and staff at New Jersey's veterans’ homes, which was among the highest in the entire country. The pandemic claimed a total of 103 residents at the Memorial Veterans Home in Edison and 89 at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home, according to New Jersey's Department of Health. The state to this point has paid nearly $70 million to settle la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Federal Inspection Finds More Issues At NJ Veteran's Home, Murphy Deploys Army To Help Federal Inspection Finds More Issues At NJ Veteran's Home, Murphy Deploys Army To Help
Federal Inspection Finds More Issues At NJ Veteran's Home, Murphy Deploys Army To Help An army of specialists were deployed by the Murphy administration to help combat health issues that riddle a New Jersey veteran's home. The "Mission Critical Team" members were deployed to the Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home to "improve quality of care through mentoring, coaching, and sharing of operational and clinical best practices," the Murphy administration said in a release. The home is apparently "not in substantial compliance" and funding may be withheld for new admissions by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unless gaps in infection control and resident care …

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by Cecilia Levine
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$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 $6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35
$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 A $6.2 million settlement was reached for 13 families including several who had children die due to a viral outbreak at a New Jersey healthcare facility in 2018. Thirty-five children were infected and 11 died of the adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, accused in a wrongful death suit of failing to immediately notify families of the virus, NJ Advance Media reports. The home is accused of waiting too long to transfer the kids to the hospital -- even at families' requests. The healthcare center was fined $600,000 by the US Centers for Medicare and Medica…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ: Morris County Dentist Who Exposed Patients To Heart Infection Can Resume Practice This Year NJ: Morris County Dentist Who Exposed Patients To Heart Infection Can Resume Practice This Year
NJ: Morris County Dentist Who Exposed Patients To Heart Infection Can Resume Practice This Year A Morris County dentist who exposed more than a dozen patients to a heart infection that killed one of them agreed to a five-year license suspension and thousands of dollars in penalties, authorities said. Because the move includes time already in suspension, John Vecchione will be allowed to begin a probationary period on Aug. 31, provided he follows certain conditions and demonstrates his "fitness and competency to resume practice," Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Vecchione was temporarily suspended from practice in August 2016 amid allegations that he failed to mai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Thousands Possibly Exposed To HIV, Hepatitis At Saddle Brook Surgery Center Thousands Possibly Exposed To HIV, Hepatitis At Saddle Brook Surgery Center
Thousands Possibly Exposed To HIV, Hepatitis At Saddle Brook Surgery Center In what the state health department is calling an "abundance of caution," a surgery center in Saddle Brook is urging thousands of people who underwent procedures at the facility between January and Sept. 7 to get tested for HIV and hepatitis. State health officials said more than 3,000 patients at HealthPlus Surgery Center may have been exposed to the bloodborne infections due to "deficiencies in infection control" involving the cleaning of instruments and injection of medications, ABC7 reports, citing the center's surgery administrator Betty McCabe.  The following letter was…

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by Cecilia Levine