A lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home after a patient died.The patient was found dead on the floor after falling, the final of numerous times at the nursing home. Originally the family was told the patient died of a heart attack. However, the an autopsy was performed and it was ruled that the patient died of “positional asphyxia,” due to the patient's position.
“[The patient's] death was senseless and could have easily been avoided if the staff and administrators at [the nursing home] had taken care of her, as they were charged to do,” said an attorney for the family. “As if [the patient’s] death wasn’t tragic enough, the staff of this facility then lied to her family members to cover their wrongdoing. This is absolutely unconscionable and unacceptable.” For more, read the story.
