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Jul 28, 2021 / 08:00 PM CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are investigating two separate cases of neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult where the victims were left naked and in their own filth by relatives.
Investigators said 83-year-old Lillian Foster was discovered by a home health care worker inside her apartment in the College Park area without any clothes, lying in her own waste.
The health care worker said the apartment smelled of feces and marijuana, and Foster’s grandchildren, who are supposed to be caring for her, were spraying her with some sort of air freshener.
Foster was transported to Methodist University Hospital with a large sore on her heel and wounds to her spine and elbow that were so infected bones, and tendons were showing. A medical social worker for Methodist said it appeared Foster had been without food or water for up to 10 days.
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Surgeon General urges Floridians to get vaccinated as new COVID-19 Delta Variant spreads
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Surgeon General urges Floridians to get vaccinated as cases spike
WASHINGTON D.C. – United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy gave a stark warning about the spike of new coronavirus cases in the Sunshine State.
“I’m very worried about my home state of Florida,” Murthy said Wednesday. “The Delta Variant is the most transmissible version of COVID-19 that we’ve seen to date.”
The highly contagious strain accounts for 83 percent of new infections, with more than 35,000 COVID-19 cases reported every day.
That’s up 145 percent in just the last two weeks.