LA - 35 patients die in Chalmette nursing home during Katrina, 29 Aug 2005

[TexMex]

I heard on Nancy Grace's show that the owners turned themselves in and were released on their own recognizance(sp?). Didn't even have to post bail!
No jail to put them in anyway, I suppose.

 

[TexMex]

CNN, Paula Zahn: Families that called, according to nurse Tammy Dagle, were told that they were welcome to come pick up their loved ones but the home was not planning on moving them. Said "so many of these storms have turned at the last minute....".

 

[Tom'sGirl]

I heard on Nancy Grace's show that the owners turned themselves in and were released on their own recognizance(sp?). Didn't even have to post bail!
No jail to put them in anyway, I suppose.

So, they're safe in Baton Rouge where they were able to evacuate themselves, but not their poor patients...........just freakin disgusting :furious:

I bet a lot of families will be looking for them, I know I would if my mom had been in their care and left to drown.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

CNN, Paula Zahn: Families that called, according to nurse Tammy Dagle, were told that they were welcome to come pick up their loved ones but the home was not planning on moving them. Said "so many of these storms have turned at the last minute....".

Oh great, a lot of the families probably didn't even live in the area, so how in the hell were they going to get their loved ones out of there?

When my mom was in a rehab. after surgery she was 20 miles from me and I was able to go there daily...........BUT, not all the these families lived nearby, and then with the flood wouldn't have been able to get to them anyway.

 

[TexMex]

I bet a lot of families will be looking for them, I know I would if my mom had been in their care and left to drown.

You know, that's a good point TG. I would be very worried if I were in their shoes.

 

[Tom'sGirl]

You know, that's a good point TG. I would be very worried if I were in their shoes.

I hope they worry themselves into a Coma and then left without any type of care.

My son inlaw (a TexMex by the way) who lives in Riverside, CA has family in San Antonio & checks regularly with his two elderly aunts who insist in living alone.

Now, if that area would have been NO, what could he have done.......nothing, nadda! I know what action he would now be taking if they were living in a Elder Care facility however, and it wouldn't be legal :innocent:

 

[less0305]

Yes, I know. But I am wondering if those hospitals emergency evacuation plans were followed. There has been talk that their plans were not followed completely. To me, that would be just as negligent as the nursing home failing to follow their evacuation plan.

You know if nursing homes have to have a state filed evacuation plan a hospital has to also. I wonder what portion they did or didn't follow. And they were discussing the "reports" of euthanizing some of the patients at Mercy, and said if this proved true, the law in LA does not allow for assisted death and those doctors could be charged.

 

[SieSie]

:clap: I'm glad the owners are being charged, this story really bothered me. Bedridden and elderly and left to drown, absolutely horrendous! Lock 'em up! :behindbar

 

[tipper]

I agree with these people being charged but it seems to me the governor and mayor are guilty of the same offenses. They supposedly had an evacuation plan. They failed to follow it. People drowned because of their failures.

 

[kato]

Nancy had on her show last night a son of one of the patients at St. Rita's. Poor guy. He said he ran into one of the aides and she just burst out crying and apologizing because she couldn't save his father.

 

[mysteriew]

Louisiana's attorney general said the deaths of 34 residents of a St. Bernard Parish nursing home is one of the worst cases he's encountered in his career.

Charles Foti was a long-time sheriff in New Orleans, and he said it's one of the most unfortunate things he's ever dealt with in his life, WDSU News reported.

"(It's upsetting to) all of us who have senior parents, grandparents, elderly aunts and uncles where you place them in a facility because they need around-the-clock care, where you trust their lives and their health to medical professionals," he said.

Salvador and Mable Mangano, the owners of Saint Rita's Nursing Home in Chalmette, have been charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide. Authorities said they turned down offers of rescue.

Foti said one of the doctors at the nursing home told investigators he had two buses ready to go but the owners of the nursing home declined to evacuate.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/4973510/detail.html

 

[mysteriew]

There may be more criminal cases related to the rising death count from Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti said he will investigate every death at a nursing home or hospital that's not deemed to be from natural causes. And he said he won't hesitate to bring more charges.

Over the weekend, more than 40 bodies were pulled from a flooded New Orleans hospital. Louisiana's attorney general said the two were repeatedly warned to leave.
http://www.turnto23.com/news/4887230/detail.html

 

[kato]

There may be more criminal cases related to the rising death count from Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti said he will investigate every death at a nursing home or hospital that's not deemed to be from natural causes. And he said he won't hesitate to bring more charges.
http://www.turnto23.com/news/4887230/detail.html

Good for him! I hope these people get their just desserts.

 

[deanws]

:clap: I'm glad the owners are being charged, this story really bothered me. Bedridden and elderly and left to drown, absolutely horrendous! Lock 'em up! :behindbar

You forgot to say.....AND THROW AWAY THE KEY! This is just horrible. I wonder if they thought the patients would end up staying out of state instead of coming back after the storm....so they decided to take a chance and try to ride out the storm. Stupid...STUPID selfish people. IMO

 

[BillyGoatGruff]

Louisiana's attorney general said the deaths of 34 residents of a St. Bernard Parish nursing home is one of the worst cases he's encountered in his career.

Charles Foti was a long-time sheriff in New Orleans, and he said it's one of the most unfortunate things he's ever dealt with in his life, WDSU News reported.

"(It's upsetting to) all of us who have senior parents, grandparents, elderly aunts and uncles where you place them in a facility because they need around-the-clock care, where you trust their lives and their health to medical professionals," he said.

Salvador and Mable Mangano, the owners of Saint Rita's Nursing Home in Chalmette, have been charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide. Authorities said they turned down offers of rescue.

Foti said one of the doctors at the nursing home told investigators he had two buses ready to go but the owners of the nursing home declined to evacuate.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/4973510/detail.html

Charles Foti? Sheriff Foti?
The same one who was busted at least twice for DWI--actually wrapping a city car around a telephone poll--while in office?
I'll not hold my breath, thank you.

 

[concernedperson]

This is an interview with Rita Crosby and one of the rescuers from St. Rita's nursing home. Pretty upsetting.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9400394/

 

[2sisters]

http://www.wdsu.com/news/9999516/detail.html

CHALMETTE, La. -- The owners of St. Rita's Nursing Home, where 35 people died in the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm.

Salvador Mangano and his wife, Mabel Mangano were arrested about two weeks after the Aug. 29, 2005 storm

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Those two should be whipped and thrown into the Black Hole of Calcutta---prison is way too good for them

 

[SewingDeb]

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/8653416.html

Jury notices go out in St. Rita’s trial

Katrina nursing home deaths case moved to West Feliciana Parish


A little from the article dated July 23rd:

At a hearing today, lawyers in the case will talk about how the jury will be picked. The trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 13.

and

The Manganos each face 35 counts of negligent homicide. Each count carries up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

and

State District Judge Jerome Winsberg has held hearings aimed at streamlining the upcoming trial, which is expected to be lengthy.

 

[Texana]

Interesting that they evacuated the year before, but not for Katrina?

What a horrible, horrible thing to happen to those elderly and vulnerable people.