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Illinois Grapples With High COVID-19 Death Tolls Across State Nursing Homes

Illinois Grapples With High COVID-19 Death Tolls Across State Nursing Homes

April 14, 2020

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) released data that shows the extent to which the coronavirus has spread across the state’s more than 1,200 nursing homes. Six percent of the state’s infections and 22 percent…

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Medication mistakes in nursing homes can cause patients to be hospitalized

June 2, 2016

According to knowledge acquired by NBC 5 Investigates through a search of public records, medication errors committed in Illinois nursing homes are causing patients to be hospitalized for such conditions as critically low blood sugar, visual…

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