May 8. 2020

This is a follow up to the article "The State Of Florida Sued For Under-Reporting Coronavirus Infections And Deaths Placing Governor Ron DeSantis On The Hot Seat." Florida governor Ron DeSantis is still the subject of intense scrutiny, as nursing homes in the state are at high risk due to the coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19).

Not only has the governor's office not been reporting the infections or death rates at Florida's many nursing homes, people are publicly complaining they are not able to obtain word regarding the status of their loved ones. NBC 6 in Miami did a detailed and eye opening report on the dire conditions.

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The elderly and the obese are at highest risk of dying from the coronavirus (Reports Confirm Obesity And Compromised Immune System Linked To Severity Of Coronavirus Infections As Previously Stated On The Site). As Florida is a retirement state in America, due to the warm weather, there are millions of elderly people residing in the region. They need to be protected. They need protective gear. They need proper healthcare.

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More COVID-19 Cases at Miami Springs Nursing Home

By Connie Fossi and Phil Prazan Published May 4, 2020 Updated on May 4, 2020 at 9:39 pm - A private long-term care facility in Miami Springs is now being looked at as a warning to others about how more testing could uncover serious coronavirus outbreaks.

Fair Havens Center, a nursing home located at 201 Curtiss Parkway, recently ramped up its coronavirus testing and found over 100 people have tested positive for the virus, according to state health officials. Fair Havens now leads the county in the number of cases at a long-term care facility.

The 269-room historic pueblo style building has been under new ownership since a large Medicare fraud scheme led to the conviction of its previous owner. Carmen Marin says her brother-in-law, Jose Garcia, was a resident at the facility and died Friday after testing positive for COVID-19. The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner told NBC 6 the cause of death is yet to be determined.

“I don’t think he suffered because he was sedated but it’s been very very bad for the family because not being able to hold the hand, not being able to say goodbye,” Marin said, adding the family was notified that Garcia had tested positive just days before his death.

Marin says the facility has been on lockdown since February. Now, we have learned the virus somehow got in and impacted dozens of residents and workers until testing became available. “This should have never happened,” Marin said. “It’s very painful for anyone that has a family member to have to go this way.”

It took weeks for the Florida Department of Health to release information about the number of deaths and cases at long-term care facilities and the state’s data continues to raise some questions.

According to the state's data, 72 residents and 27 staff members have contracted the virus at Fair Havens and 22 residents have been transferred out after testing positive. The zip-code-by-zip-code state report lists 201 people in the area that have the virus. But in the city-by-city report, only four COVID-19 cases are listed in Miami Springs...

City officials said they have received many complaints from residents about not being able to get information about the condition of their loved ones at Fair Havens. On the city’s Facebook page, they encouraged residents to call the Florida Department of Health (305-470-5660) and the Agency for Health Care Administration (888-419-3456), which oversee long-term care facilities in the state... 

https://www.nbcmiami.com

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