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2 charged for handling of virus outbreak at veterans home
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/article246003675.html2 charged for handling of virus outbreak at veterans home
BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 08:24 AM
Two former leaders of a Massachusetts home for aging veterans where nearly 80 people sickened by the coronavirus died have been criminally charged for their handling of the outbreak, the state's attorney general said Friday.
Former Holyoke Soldiers' Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director David Clinton were indicted by a grand jury, Attorney General Maura Healey told reporters. Each is charged with 10 counts — five counts of criminal neglect five counts of serious bodily injury.
"We believe this is the first criminal case in the country brought against those involved in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Healey said.