New York state enacted a measure last month that seems downright cruel during this coronavirus outbreak.
Nursing homes, which house those most vulnerable to coronavirus, are forced to accept patients who had tested positive for the disease.
The disease has spread in at least one nursing home that was forced to take in coronavirus patients.
The nursing home is still mandated to take in recovering hospital patients known to have the virus, potentially increasing its spread in the facility.
Over 3,500 residents of New York state nursing homes and adult care facilities have succumbed to the coronavirus, nearly a quarter of the state's death toll.
Dr. Howard Zucker, the state's health commissioner, claims that these facilities are equipped to handle recovering COVID-19 patients, despite reports that they lack PPE. When asked why the nursing homes weren't better prepared, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo explained it "Wasn't our job." The only thing his administration could do, he said, was put those privately run homes "Out of business" if they're not adequately equipping their staff.
Forcing nursing homes to take in coronavirus patients and put the vulnerable at even higher risk? The New York Post editorial board called it plain evil.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/04/27/new-york-states-dangerous-nursing-home-directive-n2567612
Nursing homes, which house those most vulnerable to coronavirus, are forced to accept patients who had tested positive for the disease.
The disease has spread in at least one nursing home that was forced to take in coronavirus patients.
The nursing home is still mandated to take in recovering hospital patients known to have the virus, potentially increasing its spread in the facility.
Over 3,500 residents of New York state nursing homes and adult care facilities have succumbed to the coronavirus, nearly a quarter of the state's death toll.
Dr. Howard Zucker, the state's health commissioner, claims that these facilities are equipped to handle recovering COVID-19 patients, despite reports that they lack PPE. When asked why the nursing homes weren't better prepared, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo explained it "Wasn't our job." The only thing his administration could do, he said, was put those privately run homes "Out of business" if they're not adequately equipping their staff.
Forcing nursing homes to take in coronavirus patients and put the vulnerable at even higher risk? The New York Post editorial board called it plain evil.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/04/27/new-york-states-dangerous-nursing-home-directive-n2567612
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