BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana well being officers introduced Tuesday that they’re revoking the licenses of seven nursing houses that have been evacuated to a warehouse the place seven residents died after Hurricane Ida amid situations deemed squalid. Division of Well being Secretary Dr. Courtney N. Phillips stated in an announcement that the houses “clearly did not execute their emergency preparedness plans to supply important care and companies to their residents.”
State well being officers have launched an investigation into the deaths at a warehouse facility in Tangipahoa Parish the place 843 residents from seven nursing amenities operated have been despatched earlier than Ida roared ashore in southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29.