Friday, August 18, 2006

Nursing home evacuations

Report from Dept of Health and Human Services in the US has concluded that the majority of residents who were moved during last years hurricanes along the Gulf coast suffered more than those that were not moved according to a NY Times article today. The entire evacuation process was inadequate from how much food and water to bring to which route to take. Perfectly legal emergency plans were flawed.

Report Calls for Tighter Rules in Nursing Home Evacuations

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