Irma turned the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills into a living hell. Was it a tragic error or was it criminal?
September 14th, 2017Bobby Owens, 84;
Manuel Mario Mendieta, 96;
Miguel Antonio Franco, 92;
Estella Hendricks, 71;
Gail Nova, 71;
Carolyn Eatherly, 78;
Betty Hibbard, 84;
Albertina Vega, 99.
“…..yet to be determined is how long these vulnerable people — either residents or recovering from surgery — were left in such stifling heat and, most important, why…..
The eight nursing-home residents who died were not the only seniors trapped by sketchy planning. In Miami Dade, WLRN reporter Nadege Green found elderly residents in a series of Coconut Grove senior-living apartments who remained trapped, no elevator, no electricity; on Tuesday, about 50 residents of a senior-citizens tower in Miami’s Civic Center neighborhood damaged by Irma were being taken to a shelter…..”