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A Manhattan Nursing Home Reported 13 Coronavirus Deaths To The State. The Real Number Was Closer To 100
By Caroline Lewis
May 1, 2020 3:05 p.m.
• 8 Comments
Isabella Center Google Maps
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state has started tracking the number of deaths from the virus in nursing homes, but it seems some are still masking the grim reality inside.
Isabella Center, a nursing home in Washington Heights owned by the nonprofit health system MJHS, reported 13 deaths from COVID-19 to the state. In reality, at least 98 residents have died since the start of the pandemic, according to a new investigation by NY1.
“The numbers that will be announced over the next few days about COVID-related deaths at Isabella will be disturbing,” Loyola Princivil-Barnett, chief operating officer at Isabella, said in a statement responding to the investigation Thursday.
She said Isabella has been following state and federal guidelines for infection control but said the lack of access to testing for coronavirus has “hampered our ability to further limit loss of life by swiftly separating anyone with the virus.”
Some of the deaths that went unreported took place in a hospital, rather than onsite at the nursing home; others were suspected, but not confirmed, coronavirus cases. A refrigerated trailer on the premises that houses dead bodies has reportedly been visible to nursing home residents, but hidden from the public passing by outside by a tarp hung over the fence.
Asked at his presser Friday whether there would be sanctions for nursing homes that underreport deaths from COVID-19, Governor Andrew Cuomo noted that the number of suspected, but unconfirmed, COVID-19 deaths is “a little squishy, by definition.”
“I can see where there is a vagueness in that category,” he said. “But they submit these numbers under penalty of perjury. You violate, you commit fraud, that is a criminal offense, period. So they can be prosecuted criminally for fraud on any of these reporting numbers.”
According to the state Department of Health, all nursing homes are required to submit daily census reports that include occupancy, suspected cases, positive cases, fatalities, and equipment needs. DOH says it has investigated any facility that has had a positive or suspected case and that it is now rolling out a new initiative called “COVIDeo” in which the director of infection control at a nursing home does a video chat with DOH while walking them through the facility.
Although nursing homes are regulated by the state, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at his Friday press briefing that the city and state must work together to minimize the toll of the virus.
“The city has been trying to provide help in any way we can,” said de Blasio, who called the death toll at Isabella “absolutely horrifying.”
He said the city provided Isabella with personal protective equipment, including 12,000 N-95 masks. “I want to figure out what we can do better--all of us,” he added.
The state has come under fire recently for its mandate that nursing homes must admit COVID-19 patients being discharged from the hospital. Cuomo reaffirmed the policy at his press briefing Sunday, saying that if a nursing home can’t accommodate a patient because of a shortage of protective equipment, staff, or quarantine space, they could transfer the patient to another facility.
“A nursing home can only provide care for a patient who they believe they can provide adequate care for,’’ Cuomo said. “If they cannot provide adequate care for a patient, they must transfer that patient.”
For the families of nursing home residents, the situation has been particularly difficult because of policies prohibiting visitors during the coronavirus outbreak.
“They did not inform us that COVID-19 was at the facility,” Xiomara Garcia-King told NY1. Garcia-King is the daughter of Toribio Antonio Garcia, 62, who passed away at Isabella nine days after arriving there for rehabilitation following a tracheotomy surgery. “We believe he deteriorated because of their lack of response.”
Before he died, Garcia scribbled a note, saying, “I need help.”
https://news.sina.cn/gj/2020-04-13/detail-iircuyvh7536327.d.html
美国隐瞒新冠肺炎死亡人数？养老院两周内3621人过世 却没被计入数据
原标题：美国隐瞒新冠肺炎死亡人数？养老院两周内3621人过世 却没被计入数据
来源：中国日报网 微博
据英国《每日邮报》网站13日报道，美国各地的养老院和长期护理机构中，过去两周内出现的与新冠肺炎有关的死亡人数急剧上升，达到了至少3621例。但专家指出，真正的死亡人数可能要高，因为美国大多数州所统计的数据并不包括没有做过病毒检测的死亡病例。过去几个星期内，弗吉尼亚州里士满郊区的一家养老院暴发了一起疫情，有42人死亡、100多人感染；印第安纳州中部的一家疗养院的疫情已造成24人死亡、16人感染；马萨诸塞州霍利克的一个退伍军人之家的疫情已造成38人死亡、88人感染。在这几起疫情出现之前，西雅图市郊科克兰的一家疗养院也暴发了新冠肺炎，迄今已造成43人死亡。所有这些都是人们已知的，但大多数州只提供养老院总的死亡病例数，并不公布具体情况。
https://news.sina.cn/gj/2020-04-13/detail-iircuyvh7536327.d.html
The United States conceals the death toll of new coronary pneumonia? 3,621 people passed away in the nursing home in two weeks, but not counted
Original title: The United States conceals the death toll of new coronary pneumonia? 3,621 people passed away in the nursing home in two weeks, but not counted
Source: China Daily Net Weibo
According to the British "Daily Mail" website reported on the 13th, in nursing homes and long-term care institutions across the United States, the number of deaths related to new coronary pneumonia has risen sharply in the past two weeks, reaching at least 3621 cases. But experts pointed out that the true number of deaths may be higher, because the statistics of most US states do not include deaths that have not been tested for viruses. In the past few weeks, an outbreak in a nursing home in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, has caused 42 deaths and more than 100 infections; an outbreak in a nursing home in central Indiana has caused 24 deaths and 16 infections; Massachusetts An outbreak in a home to a veteran in Halic has caused 38 deaths and 88 infections. Before the outbreaks, a new nursing home in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, also broke out with new coronary pneumonia, which has killed 43 people so far. All of these are known, but most states only provide the total number of deaths in nursing homes, and do not disclose the specifics.
News
A Manhattan Nursing Home Reported 13 Coronavirus Deaths To The State. The Real Number Was Closer To 100
By Caroline Lewis
May 1, 2020 3:05 p.m.
• 8 Comments
Isabella Center Google Maps
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the state has started tracking the number of deaths from the virus in nursing homes, but it seems some are still masking the grim reality inside.
Isabella Center, a nursing home in Washington Heights owned by the nonprofit health system MJHS, reported 13 deaths from COVID-19 to the state. In reality, at least 98 residents have died since the start of the pandemic, according to a new investigation by NY1.
“The numbers that will be announced over the next few days about COVID-related deaths at Isabella will be disturbing,” Loyola Princivil-Barnett, chief operating officer at Isabella, said in a statement responding to the investigation Thursday.
She said Isabella has been following state and federal guidelines for infection control but said the lack of access to testing for coronavirus has “hampered our ability to further limit loss of life by swiftly separating anyone with the virus.”
Some of the deaths that went unreported took place in a hospital, rather than onsite at the nursing home; others were suspected, but not confirmed, coronavirus cases. A refrigerated trailer on the premises that houses dead bodies has reportedly been visible to nursing home residents, but hidden from the public passing by outside by a tarp hung over the fence.
Asked at his presser Friday whether there would be sanctions for nursing homes that underreport deaths from COVID-19, Governor Andrew Cuomo noted that the number of suspected, but unconfirmed, COVID-19 deaths is “a little squishy, by definition.”
“I can see where there is a vagueness in that category,” he said. “But they submit these numbers under penalty of perjury. You violate, you commit fraud, that is a criminal offense, period. So they can be prosecuted criminally for fraud on any of these reporting numbers.”
According to the state Department of Health, all nursing homes are required to submit daily census reports that include occupancy, suspected cases, positive cases, fatalities, and equipment needs. DOH says it has investigated any facility that has had a positive or suspected case and that it is now rolling out a new initiative called “COVIDeo” in which the director of infection control at a nursing home does a video chat with DOH while walking them through the facility.
Although nursing homes are regulated by the state, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at his Friday press briefing that the city and state must work together to minimize the toll of the virus.
“The city has been trying to provide help in any way we can,” said de Blasio, who called the death toll at Isabella “absolutely horrifying.”
He said the city provided Isabella with personal protective equipment, including 12,000 N-95 masks. “I want to figure out what we can do better--all of us,” he added.
The state has come under fire recently for its mandate that nursing homes must admit COVID-19 patients being discharged from the hospital. Cuomo reaffirmed the policy at his press briefing Sunday, saying that if a nursing home can’t accommodate a patient because of a shortage of protective equipment, staff, or quarantine space, they could transfer the patient to another facility.
“A nursing home can only provide care for a patient who they believe they can provide adequate care for,’’ Cuomo said. “If they cannot provide adequate care for a patient, they must transfer that patient.”
For the families of nursing home residents, the situation has been particularly difficult because of policies prohibiting visitors during the coronavirus outbreak.
“They did not inform us that COVID-19 was at the facility,” Xiomara Garcia-King told NY1. Garcia-King is the daughter of Toribio Antonio Garcia, 62, who passed away at Isabella nine days after arriving there for rehabilitation following a tracheotomy surgery. “We believe he deteriorated because of their lack of response.”
Before he died, Garcia scribbled a note, saying, “I need help.”
https://news.sina.cn/gj/2020-04-13/detail-iircuyvh7536327.d.html
美国隐瞒新冠肺炎死亡人数？养老院两周内3621人过世 却没被计入数据
原标题：美国隐瞒新冠肺炎死亡人数？养老院两周内3621人过世 却没被计入数据
来源：中国日报网 微博
据英国《每日邮报》网站13日报道，美国各地的养老院和长期护理机构中，过去两周内出现的与新冠肺炎有关的死亡人数急剧上升，达到了至少3621例。但专家指出，真正的死亡人数可能要高，因为美国大多数州所统计的数据并不包括没有做过病毒检测的死亡病例。过去几个星期内，弗吉尼亚州里士满郊区的一家养老院暴发了一起疫情，有42人死亡、100多人感染；印第安纳州中部的一家疗养院的疫情已造成24人死亡、16人感染；马萨诸塞州霍利克的一个退伍军人之家的疫情已造成38人死亡、88人感染。在这几起疫情出现之前，西雅图市郊科克兰的一家疗养院也暴发了新冠肺炎，迄今已造成43人死亡。所有这些都是人们已知的，但大多数州只提供养老院总的死亡病例数，并不公布具体情况。
https://news.sina.cn/gj/2020-04-13/detail-iircuyvh7536327.d.html
The United States conceals the death toll of new coronary pneumonia? 3,621 people passed away in the nursing home in two weeks, but not counted
Original title: The United States conceals the death toll of new coronary pneumonia? 3,621 people passed away in the nursing home in two weeks, but not counted
Source: China Daily Net Weibo
According to the British "Daily Mail" website reported on the 13th, in nursing homes and long-term care institutions across the United States, the number of deaths related to new coronary pneumonia has risen sharply in the past two weeks, reaching at least 3621 cases. But experts pointed out that the true number of deaths may be higher, because the statistics of most US states do not include deaths that have not been tested for viruses. In the past few weeks, an outbreak in a nursing home in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, has caused 42 deaths and more than 100 infections; an outbreak in a nursing home in central Indiana has caused 24 deaths and 16 infections; Massachusetts An outbreak in a home to a veteran in Halic has caused 38 deaths and 88 infections. Before the outbreaks, a new nursing home in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, also broke out with new coronary pneumonia, which has killed 43 people so far. All of these are known, but most states only provide the total number of deaths in nursing homes, and do not disclose the specifics.
