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Audit finds IDPH failed to intervene in early days of LaSalle Veterans' Home outbreak | Government and Politics

A new report from the state’s auditor general found more fault with the Illinois Department of Public Health in its response to a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at a state-run veterans

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Republicans call for investigation over governor's actions in virus outbreak that killed 36


Republicans call for investigation over governor's actions in virus outbreak that killed 36
Davidsmeyer, other Republicans want answers about governor’s handling of veterans’ home cases
Greg Bishop The Center Square and David C.L. Bauer Journal-Courier
May 12, 2021
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House Republicans are formally asking the Illinois Attorney General to investigate the Pritzker administration’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 36 residents last fall at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in LaSalle.
A letter House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, sent Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the outbreak was avoidable.
“The (Inspector General for the Illinois Department of Human Services report) is very troubling and saddening,” Durkin said. “Based on the findings made in the report, it is clear that the transfer of COVID-19 to vulnerable patients at LaSalle Veterans’ Home was avoidable. Caring for our aged veterans in our state facilities should always rise to the highest standard of care. That standard of care for our heroic veterans … was not met.”

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Report: LaSalle virus crisis response 'reactive and chaotic'


Report: LaSalle virus crisis response 'reactive and chaotic'
JOHN O'CONNOR, AP Political Writer
April 30, 2021
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1of3Terry Prince, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's designee as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, discusses changes in administration, communication, policies and infection control that he and others at the agency are implementing in response to a COVID-19 outbreak last fall at the LaSalle Veterans' Home.John O'Connor/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Terry Prince, Gov. J.B. Pritzker's designee as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, discusses changes in administration, communication, policies and infection control that he and others at the agency are implementing in response to a COVID-19 outbreak last fall at the LaSalle Veterans' Home.John O'Connor/APShow MoreShow Less

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State Sued Over Veteran's COVID-19 Death at LaSalle Veterans' Home


By Sarah Mansur & Capitol News Illinois

5 hours ago
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A wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of a Korean War veteran who contracted COVID-19 at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home accuses the facility of negligent care that violated state law.
Richard John Cieski Sr. was one of 36 veterans who died last year during the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle home that began in November.
Lawyers for Cieski’s estate said this legal action is the first civil lawsuit seeking to hold the state, the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the LaSalle facility responsible for a COVID-19 related death at the state-run veterans home.

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