State fines Modesto nursing home $100,000
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008.
Modesto, CA – State health authorities have assessed a $100,000 fine against English Oaks Convalescent & Rehabilitation Hospital in Modesto in the death of a 91-year-old patient who choked on food.
The “AA citation” issued in February by the Department of Public Health is the most severe penalty under state health codes.
An autopsy determined that Ernest Costa Sr. died at the nursing home Feb. 17, 2007, from choking on part of a peach.
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