Nursing home cited: Facility didn’t follow doctor’s orders for man who later died
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008.
Union Gap, WA – Parkside Nursing Care Center, which has a recent history of serious problems with regulators, was cited Tuesday for failing to follow physician orders in caring for an elderly man who suffered from bedsores.
The patient died last month at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital from an infection, but state authorities couldn’t find evidence of a link between his care at the nursing home and his death.
The problem came to the attention of the state after hospital personnel removed the patient’s dressing on a heel wound and found maggots.
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