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Illinois Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee demands accountability, reforms within IDVA


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Lawmakers continue to learn new details about the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home. House members held two Veterans Affairs hearings over the past week. On Friday, the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee asked about the errors and lack of communication leading to 36 residents dying.
Many still have questions about the response time at the LaSalle Home. Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) notes the facility had 171 COVID-19 cases before IDPH went to the home on November 12. Ten veterans had already died by that point in the outbreak.
Deputy Governor Sol Flores admits the administration should ve done more to prevent the loss of life. Reflecting on the situation, Flores said she would ve wanted the state to have a team at the facility sooner. However, blame has shifted back to the Department of Veterans Affairs. ....

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Senate holds hearing on COVID-19 deaths at LaSalle Veterans' Home


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SPRINGFIELD Both parties agreed Friday that the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak that left 36 residents dead at the LaSalle Veterans Home was a mess but they disagreed sharply on who was to blame.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration again pointed at former state Veterans Affairs Director Linda Chapa LaVia, contending she misled them into thinking she was adequately addressing the problems.
But Republicans lay the blame squarely at the feet of the Democratic governor, arguing the failure to take swift action as the crisis unfolded and the attempts to pass the buck indicated “a failure of leadership” at the top. ....

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