Coronavirus: Prosecutors investigating Bay Area nursing home where 13 have died
A spokeswoman for Alameda County Dist. Atty. Nancy O’Malley said Wednesday that her office had begun an investigation into Gateway Care & Rehabilitation Center.
The inquiry will be handled by a consumer protection division and an elder protection unit, and Drenick noted that prosecutors and inspectors have experience in looking at safety and health issues at long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.outbreaks. The facilities have tens of thousands of elderly and frail residents who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, and the rapid spread of infection in the dense living quarters has posed a threat to staff members and those in their care.
Drenick said the inquiry into Gateway Care predated the public calls for an investigation this week by civil rights attorney John Burris, who is representing the family of Costell Akrie, an 87-year-old man who died of the coronavirus while at Gateway.
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