McHenry Nursing Home Hit With $360,000 In Fines
The Chicago Tribune reported that the Woodstock Residence received nearly $360,000 in fines related to five suspicious deaths at the facility. The facility has been in the headlines in the past for the for intentionally giving high does of medication to elderly patients. Originally labelled an 'angel of death' for the staff's sympathy towards suffering patients, new information has been released related to the intentional medication over-dosing at the facility in an Illinois Department of Public Health investigative report. The report demonstrates that the staff at the Woodstock Residence intentionally drugged residents to turn them into unresponsive zombies and make the nurses jobs...
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Lawsuit Filed Against Nurse Who Intentionally Gave Too Much Morphine
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court against Woodstock Residence Nursing Home, WRHC & RC Inc. and two nurses at the facility related to the death of 78-year-old Virgina Cole. The lawsuit alleges that Ms. Cole was administered too-high does of morphine while a resident at Woodstock Residence in 2006. The nurses took it upon themselves to administer morphine dosages higher than Ms. Cole's physicians had prescribed. This civil lawsuit follows recent felony criminal neglect charges in filed against the nurses in McHenry County Court. Both nurses remain free on $50,000 bond. Read more about this nursing home...
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