N.J. nursing home where 17 bodies were discovered in makeshift morgue hit with $220K in federal fine [View all]

Federal regulators have slapped the troubled New Jersey nursing home where 17 bodies were discovered on Easter Sunday in a makeshift morgue with $220,235 in fines and penalties, finding failures in infection control practices in a facility where COVID-17 has so far claimed at least 66 lives.

Andover Subacute Rehabilitation Center in Sussex County was also cited by U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for lapses in patient care, amid the deadly outbreak.

CMS, however, made no reference or discussion to the bodies being temporarily stored on site, after a surge in deaths overwhelmed administrators over the holiday weekend.

New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said Thursday that a National Guard deployment will bring 22 soldiers to the nursing home as soon as Friday to help provide care. New admissions have been barred by the state and the facility was ordered last month to retain a new infection control specialist and other key personnel.

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