The 17 bodies were among 68 recent deaths linked to the facility, including two nurses, lawmaker tells ABC News. Of the residents, at least 76 have tested positive for COVID-19, while 40 staff members have tested positive.
The Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center is the largest nursing home in the state with more than 500 beds and two buildings.
"The owners, administrators and our heroic healthcare staff of nurses and nurse aides have been working relentlessly to contain the virus and safeguard our residents and staff. The health and safety of our residents and staff is our utmost priority and responsibility," he said."Ownership and administration is working around the clock to ensure we are able to resolve the pandemic.
Gangi told ABC News that on April 2 the facility called her father at 2:30 a.m. in Florida, where he lives, saying that his brother had been taken to a local hospital with a fever. By 6:30 a.m. that same day, according to Gangi, the facility called her father back to say that everything was fine and the hospital had sent him back to the nursing home.
From the time Gangi says the nursing home told her Togno had been brought back from the hospital to now, she said the family has not been given answers on what went wrong. She said she spoke on the phone with a nurse and was told that there were"no notes" from April 2 to April 6 for her father to indicate what had gone wrong.
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