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Apr 30, 2021 | 1:34 PM
(The Center Square) â A report from a Pritkzer administration inspector general on how the Illinois Department of Veteransâ Affairs handled last fallâs COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veteransâ Home killing 36 people doesnât tell the whole story, a Republican state senator says.
The report from the Illinois Department of Human Services Office of the Inspector General released Friday highlights some of whatâs been known: There were lax COVID-19 protocols and other failings.
âOnce the home had the resources and leadership it needed â first from IDPH, and later from IEMA, the National Guard, and Acting Administrator Anthony Vaughn and Acting Director of Nursing Danielle Vanko â the outbreak was controlled,â the report said.
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Normal, IL, USA / www.cities929.com
Apr 29, 2021 | 2:03 PM
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Auditor General has been tasked by the Illinois House to review what went wrong at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home where 36 residents died from COVID-19. There are other audits the House is poised to order.
State Rep. David Welter, R-Morris, said his House Resolution 62 tasks the Illinois Auditor General to review the state’s failings in how it handled the LaSalle Veterans’ Home COVID-19 outbreak last fall.
“The processes that were broken down, the failures of the state and really what we can build on so that we never put our veterans in this situation again when simple protocols could have been put in place to mitigate the loss that has occurred at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home,” Welter said.
Push to audit Pritzker’s handling of veterans home outbreak has bipartisan support by Greg Bishop, The Center Square | March 02, 2021 08:00 PM Print this article
While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said there’s an ongoing inspector general investigation of the handling of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home COVID-19 outbreak, there’s bipartisan support for a separate investigation.
There is also legislation to require state public health officials to visit the site of a disease outbreak at a state-run facility as “soon as practical.”
Last fall, a COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home killed 36. The outbreak began Nov. 1, 2020, and quickly spread, sickening nearly everyone.
WBGZ Radio 3/3/2021 |
By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said there’s an ongoing inspector general investigation of the handling of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home COVID-19 outbreak, there’s bipartisan support for a separate investigation.
There is also legislation to require state public health officials to visit the site of a disease outbreak at a state-run facility as “soon as practical.”
Last fall, a COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home killed 36. The outbreak began Nov. 1, 2020, and quickly spread, sickening nearly everyone.
A timeline from several legislative hearings showed a site visit by federal officials found COVID-19 protocols were not being followed, including hand sanitizer that was ineffective against COVID-19 being used and lax employee behavior. The state didn’t conduct an onsite visit for nearly two weeks after the outbreak.