NASHVILLE â Eight people died in December as a result of a Washington County nursing home s systemic failures to prevent or contain an outbreak of the coronavirus, according to a state inspection report.
They were among 72 residents infected with the virus in a span of about three weeks at Friendship Manor Health Care in Nashville, the report states.
The Illinois Department of Public Health issued Friendship Manor the most serious citation available to regulatory agencies on Dec. 18; it said residents health and safety was in immediate jeopardy based on what it saw.
Friendship Manor Administrator Heather Stich said in response to questions submitted by the BND that the nursing home s leaders vehemently disagree with the state s findings because they believe the circumstances were misrepresented.