Health we have to wait and see how the story develops. This is what I heard today: in regards to the criminal investigation opened immediately after the events, elder abuse charges have been dismissed; the family physician is quoted attributing death to an ictus, not to a heart attack (I do not know what the hospital paperwork says); the family (management is silent about that) states there is a DNR and was on file at the home; the attitude of the property changed, and they issued a statement shortly after the family did, see below; journalists making phone calls to similar facilities receive two sort of answers, a few facilities state “Yes we do offer CPR with trained personnel on-site” the others declare “We do not offer CPR services and our staff in an emergency calls 911 and then they do what they feel comfortable and capable doing, but NO, we have no regulations barring our staffers from doing CPR or from following EMT instructions”. Brookdale corporation owns and operate hundreds of similar facilities nationwide. Stocks are up BTW! Of course! the one and only monster is the nurse, now lawyers and PR have got to get busy, so that no long-term damage to the brandname should occur.
Here a quote from AP
“Brookdale Senior Living, which owns the facility, initially said its employee acted correctly by waiting until emergency personnel arrived. But late Tuesday, it issued a new statement saying the employee had misinterpreted the company’s guidelines and was on voluntary leave while the case is investigated, the Associated Press reported.”
As I knew all along! The employee “misinterpreted” the written guidelines. And now is on “voluntary” leave (unpaid?)
As for her actions being immoral, I stated already I imagine the unnamed employee is a nonjew and as long as she does not murder anyone, she is fine. As for those actions being illegal, it will be determined elsewhere, I would not be pleased to be in her position, though. As for the prospects of her keeping her job, which supposedly was the reason she refused to perform a CPR, we will see.