Employees of the troubled veterans home at Menlo Park, N.J., have filed lawsuits alleging the state, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the governor’s office, and administrators of the state-operated nursing home needlessly put them in harm’s way as COVID struck.
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The Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home in Edison has been living with a COVID-19 outbreak since Thanksgiving week that has infected 45% of the workforce and one-third of the residents, including 19 veterans who died, according to the most recent state data this week.
Masks were banned at NJ veterans homes? VFW wants investigation
Published: December 30, 2020
COVID-19 vaccinations begin at the NJ Veterans Home at Paramus (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk, via NJ Depart. of Military and Veterans Affairs)
There’s a renewed push for a special prosecutor to investigate the state’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak at state-run veterans homes, as requested by the head of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars.
A news release issued Monday by New Jersey VFW state commander Brian Wiener said that human resource managers were taking action against employees and banned vendors or visitors who wore masks inside the state operated veteran nursing homes, despite advice from the Centers for Disease Control back in February that health care personnel should wear PPE including respirators when caring for confirmed or possible nCoV patients.