from legalNewsline.com:
Hidden cameras in nursing homes have resulted in 26 convictions of
workers accused of endangering patients' health and falsifying records,
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
Cuomo said
his Medical Fraud Control Unit uses hidden cameras more than any other
similar agency to prosecute mistreatment of patients.
"We trust
health care facilities to provide top level care for our loved ones,"
Cuomo said. "These are unfortunately some caregivers who cut corners
and shirk their duties, leaving patients who cannot help themselves in
dire jeopardy.
"In Western New York, we are quite literally keeping an eye on New York's most vulnerable."
Cuomo's staff put the cameras in the patients' rooms and said it found the following problems:
Hidden cameras in nursing homes have resulted in 26 convictions of
workers accused of endangering patients' health and falsifying records,
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
Cuomo said
his Medical Fraud Control Unit uses hidden cameras more than any other
similar agency to prosecute mistreatment of patients.
"We trust
health care facilities to provide top level care for our loved ones,"
Cuomo said. "These are unfortunately some caregivers who cut corners
and shirk their duties, leaving patients who cannot help themselves in
dire jeopardy.
"In Western New York, we are quite literally keeping an eye on New York's most vulnerable."
Cuomo's staff put the cameras in the patients' rooms and said it found the following problems:
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