Six people are dead after Hurricane Irma knocked out air conditioning at a nursing home in Hollywood, Florida, according to ABC affiliate WPLG.
While the causes of their deaths were not immediately clear, the facility, Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, was evacuated due to the cooling issues.
Dr. Randy Katz, director of emergency services at Memorial Regional Hospital, which is next to the nursing home, said there were extremely hot temperatures on the nursing home’s second floor.
Hollywood Mayor Josh Levy said temperatures have climbed to over 90 degrees in the city and that half of Hollywood is without power.
An individual handling air conditioning for the facility told WPLG that a fuse was damaged during Hurricane Irma, resulting in cooling issues for the past few days. The facility itself has power, the individual said.
Hollywood Police Chief Tomas Sanchez said the incident began with a call this morning about a patient having a heart attack.
Officials said responders “found several patients in varying degrees of medical distress.” Three patients were found dead the facility and others were found there “in need of immediate transport,” officials said. The other three deaths occurred at or en route to a hospital, police said.
All 115 patients from the rehabilitation center were evacuated to hospitals, officials said.
Most of the patients treated for respiratory distress, dehydration, and heat-related issues, officials said, and about 12 of the 115 patients are in the emergency room.
Officials said 18 additional patients from a second adjoining facility were also being relocated due to the investigation, though these patients were “not medically compromised.”
The deaths are under investigation.
Police said a criminal investigation is underway and they are not ruling anything out.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-florida-nursing-home-irma-tore-state/story?id=49817477
See what I mean! How many don’t we know about? Goddamned evil as hell these geo weather maniacs!
spot on!….prof mccanney mentioned possibly one million unaccounted for following katrina
“…resulting in cooling issues for the past few days. The facility itself has power,…”
“…responders “found several patients in varying degrees of medical distress.” Three patients were found dead the facility and others were found there “in need of immediate transport,” officials said. The other three deaths occurred at or en route to a hospital”.
These people die DURING the hurricane!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The hurricane DID NOT kill them. NOR DID STRESS from the hurricane.
These people died from LACK OF PROPER MEDICAL ATTENTION!!! Obviously they would have died ANY time the air conditioner failed for more than 24 hours.
If the a/c goes out in a nursing facility in Phoenix AZ in July and the facility does not take proper steps, people would die from the heat there too!
The hurricane killed them you idiot! if the goddamned hurricane never happened, they would be alive today. Don’t come on here and spout your schill bullshit. What kind of morons do you take us for? Go crawl back under your rock asswipe! Keep spouting your bullshit, see how fking long you last here!