A paramedic testified that he is haunted by the deaths of 12 patients from the extreme heat following the power failure during Hurricane Irma.
Craig Wohlitka and two colleagues from Hollywood Fire-Rescue testified they responded to the facility four times on Sept. 12 and 13 with it getting warmer each time. During the last visit, the head nurse was performing CPR on a dead man.
“The lack of care that these people were experiencing and just the conditions they were experiencing,” Wohlitka told administrative judge Mary Li Creasy on Wednesday. “In all honesty, this call is still very much haunting.”
The hearing dealt with the nursing home's challenge to the state's revocation of its license. For more, read the story.
