Posted on 04/28/2023 11:14:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A nursing home in the Bay Area has been accused of elder abuse and wrongful death after one of its residents died after eating an allegedly “contaminated sandwich” at Vasona Creek Healthcare Center, a facility in Los Gatos.
According to a lawsuit filed with the Santa Clara Superior Court on April 18, 2023, the decedent, 71-year-old Richard Van Truong, was admitted to the facility in December 2021 following a surgical operation. The plaintiffs — his surviving family members — said that when he consumed a sandwich about three days later, he became ill and presented gastrointestinal symptoms. When his symptoms escalated on Dec. 23 and he reportedly began having seizures, the complaint alleged that nurses called his son to the scene but did not call paramedics.
When Richard Truong’s daughter, Cyn Truong, arrived, she said she “witnessed her father vomiting and experiencing severe seizures with bodily convulsions.” Despite receiving CPR, Richard Truong allegedly went into cardiac arrest. The complaint says that when he went into cardiac arrest a second time, it prompted a paramedic to declare, “This one is a goner.”
After Truong was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital, lab work eventually showed that he had E. coli in his lungs, the lawsuit claims. He was placed on life support and died Jan. 22, 2022. According to the complaint, plaintiffs believe that Truong “developed sepsis and septic shock as a result of an infectious process which developed as a result of deplorable, unsanitary conditions” in the facility and lack of care from employees.
It’s not the first time the Vasona Creek Healthcare Center has been accused of wrongful death.
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That’s what they want to happen.
From all the stories I’ve heard, I think the terror would probably kill me first anyway.
You’ll be dead, but still a resident until they drain your estate. It’s the demoncrap way.
Boy you got that right.
I worked in a couple of nursing homes and when it comes to paying the bill nursing homes are ruthless.
The IRS can’t hold a candle to a nursing home. They come after everything you’ve got.
I don’t think it was the sandwich that gave him e coli in his lungs.
Unsanitary treatment of his surgical incision is the more likely source.
Yeah, that gives me hope :)
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