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Amputee sues nursing home
LTC Liability Monitor, March 30, 2005
An 83-year-old woman has sued a Pennsylvania nursing home after an untreated wound led to the amputation of her leg, the Associated Press [AP] reported. Kathern Brubaker was admitted last spring to the Village at Morrison Cove in Blair County for rehabilitation after she broke her ankle in a fall. Staff allegedly failed to bring her to appointments with her surgeon and follow up on wound treatment. Less than a month after she was admitted to the facility, Brubaker was taken to the emergency room for a wound on her leg and it was subsequently amputated. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has investigated the Brubaker case and fined the home more than $4000, according to AP.
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