The woman was pronounced dead at Waters Edge Nursing Home in Port Jefferson, and was breathing shortly thereafter.
an 82-year-old woman She was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home, but was found alive three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken.officials said.
women He was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Waters Edge Nursing Home in Port Jefferson, Long Island.Suffolk County Police reported.
According to a police statement, the woman, whose name was not released, was taken to Obie Davis Funeral Home on Miller Place at 1:30 p.m. He told that he was breathing at 2:09 pm.
He was shifted to a hospital. No information about his health was available on Monday.
The clear announcement of premature death came a few days after that An Iowa nursing home was fined $10,000 for a similar incident.
Iowa officials said a 66-year-old woman was pronounced dead Jan. 3 at Glen Oaks Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Urbandale, where she had been receiving hospice care.
According to officials, the woman was placed in a body bag and taken to Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory, where employees checked she was breathing and called 911.
She was returned to the hospice, where she died on January 5, according to a report released last week by the Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals.
According to police, the New York case has been forwarded to the state attorney general’s office for investigation.
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