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COVID-19 Death Rate at VA Nursing Homes Is 13 Times Lower Than National Average Eugene W. Bullett is the first Lebanon VA Medical Center patient to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, at Lebanon VA Medical Center, Dec. 21, 2020. Bullett is a resident of the facility s Community Living Center (VA Nursing Home). (Doug Wagner/Department of Veterans Affairs) 10 Feb 2021 If you re in a nursing home operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, data shows you re about half as likely to contract COVID-19 as you are in a non-VA senior living facility, and 13 times less likely to die from the disease. In the past year, 1,679 residents of VA nursing homes, which it calls community living centers or CLCs, contracted COVID-19, and 143 died within 30 days after a positive test, according to the department. ....
February 5, 2021 02/05/2021 2:56 pm A 74-year-old Air Force veteran died a horrific death in 2019, after being attacked by waves of fire ants while living at a Department of Veterans Affairs long-term care facility in Georgia. Now, his family is suing Orkin pest control and the federal government. If you missed my interview with Laquana Ross regarding her dad, here it is. She says she wants to make sure the 73 y/o Vietnam veteran’s story creates changes at the VA. And it already has. https://t.co/LwqYWO8sxN Elwyn Lopez (@elwynlopez) September 20, 2019 Joel Marrable, who was bedridden by cancer, was found in his bed by the staff at the VA’s Eagles’ Nest Community Living Center in Atlanta, essentially immobile after the first wave of ants attacked, according to federal court filings. Then a second wave came, and Marrable died two days later. ....
By CHRISTOPHER QUINN | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published: February 3, 2021 ATLANTA (Tribune News Service) The family of the man who died in 2019 after being repeatedly attacked by fire ants at a Veterans Affairs long-term care facility in Atlanta filed a negligence lawsuit against the federal government and Orkin, the hospital s pest control company. The civil suit, filed in federal district court Monday, asks for $7.5 million in damages and other costs. It alleges the hospital and Orkin failed to follow safe and reasonable health-care practices, sanitation and safety protocols, VA policies and adequate employee training. The Atlanta VA Health Care System said in a written response it continues to mourn the loss of Joel Marrable, the veteran, and sends deepest condolences to his family and friends. However, we do not comment on pending litigation, it added. ....
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ga. Air Force Vet s Fatal Fire Ant Attack Sparks VA Suit Law360 (February 2, 2021, 4:29 PM EST) The federal government and two Georgia pest control companies were hit Monday with a wrongful death suit brought by the children of an Air Force veteran who say he was fatally attacked by fire ants at a residential facility owned and operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Joel Marrable was twice attacked in the first week of September 2019 by fire ants that bit him more than 100 times while he lived at the Atlanta VA Eagles Nest Community Living Center in Decatur, Georgia, the complaint alleges. Three children of the retirement-age veteran said he had lung cancer but was. ....