Defense attorneys said Sunday that arrests are expected shortly in the case of a Florida nursing home where 12 patients died after its air-conditioning power went out amid sweltering heat following Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Lawrence Hashish told the Associated Press that his client is one of three nurses, in addition to an administrator, expecting to be charged in connection with the deaths. Irma, which blew through Florida on Sept.
Paramedic Craig Wohlitka and other paramedics from Hollywood’s fire rescue department testified last year thatby the deaths of patients there. Fire Lt. Amy Parrinello said one of the female patients had a temperature of 107.5 degrees, the highest she had ever seen in her 12-year career. Later that morning, she said, another patient topped that with a temperature so high it couldn’t be measured.
In the aftermath of Irma, the deaths made national headlines and sparked a political backlash. Months afterward, lawmakers passed a bill requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The legislation requires such facilities to have a generator capable of keeping nursing homes and assisted living facilities at 81 degrees or lower for at least four days.
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