OPINION: The Examiner Editorial Board writes that Laguna Honda's 'failed inspections, along with the subsequent decertification, have created a looming public health crisis in San Francisco.' Read more ⤵️
The tragedy unfolding at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center has already claimed the lives of four people and pushed at least three patients back into homelessness. If local, state and federal officials don’t figure out a way to protect these vulnerable patients from further harm, more will likely die or end up on the street.
“Federal regulators decertified Laguna Honda in April after several regulatory inspections from 2021-22 found on-site illicit drug use and paraphernalia, as well as violations of other various safety protocols,” wrote Sydney Johnson of The Examiner. Further complicating matters is a demand by the United States Health and Human Services Department for Laguna Honda to cut 120 beds in order to comply with new federal rules. On June 30, federal authorities notified Laguna Honda staff that the facility must downscale from 769 beds to 649 beds in order to meet guidelines set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is presiding over the hospital’s effort to regain certification.
With lives on the line, every leader with a role in the situation must take whatever action necessary to make sure the facility remains open and its patients remain protected from further harm. Moving medically and mentally fragile patients can result in transfer trauma, which can increase stress levels and result in death.
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