The Louisiana Department of Health on Thursday reported the deaths of four nursing home residents who had been evacuated to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 27.
The coroner classified three of the deaths as storm-related, the health department said in a news release.After Ida made landfall, the health department said it heard reports about"deteriorating conditions" at the facility the residents had been transferred to. Inspectors were sent to visit the site on Tuesday but were expelled from the property and kept from doing a full assessment, according to the state's health department.
"We're going to do a full investigation into whether these facilities, the owner of the facilities, failed to keep residents safe, and whether he intentionally obstructed efforts to check in on them, and determine what the conditions were in the shelter.""If warranted, we will take aggressive legal action against any responsible parties," Edwards added. The facility in Tangipahoa Parish is a warehouse in Independence, Louisiana, called Waterbury Companies Inc.
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