At least two employees at a veteran's home where a coronavirus outbreak has killed multiple residents are continuing to work despite testing positive themselves out of fear for their job and at management's recommendation, staff members tell ABC News.
has left multiple residents dead, are continuing to work despite testing positive themselves out of fear for their job and at the recommendation of management, two other staff members told ABC News.
"They already failed us from the beginning, not being protected," Carmen Rivera, a certified nursing assistant from the home who tested positive for coronavirus and has been out of work sick since March 19, told ABC News. Rivera said she was hospitalized for a week at one point, but has since been on the mend and is in touch with her colleagues who are still working.
An ambulance and a health care worker with protective equipment arrived at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, Tuesday morning, March 31, 2020, in Holyoke, Mass.As of Monday, at least 25 veteran residents at the home had died, according to the state's Office of Health and Human Services. Of those deaths, 18 tested positive for the virus, while three have pending test results, three tested negative and one was unknown, according to the agency.
"I was shocked on the phone call when the superintendent let me know that there had been eight deaths between Wednesday [March 25] and Sunday [March 29] without any public notification, without any notification to my office and also just no notification to the state government that oversees the facility in the first place," Morse said in a Facebook Live speech last week.Walsh did not return multiple requests for comment via phone, email and text.
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