News for November 19th, 2008

Coroner questions number of deaths at assisted living facilities

Richland, S.C., County Coroner Gary Watts is raising questions about the quality of care at Midlands-area assisted living homes, according to The State. Watts referred to three in the past two years in the area. One of those , which Watts is investigating, occurred after an unqualified staffer gave a 50-year-old man an overdose of insulin that ultimately killed him.

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