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Report: Health inspectors failed to report unsafe conditions
CINCINNATI (AP) — A newspaper is reporting that state and city health inspectors failed to report deplorable conditions at Cincinnati nursing home facilities that were later declared “unsafe and unsanitary.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer has found that inspections since 2003 — and as recently as February — did not include reports of unsafe conditions at Westside Health Care Center and the Terrace at Westside.
A police raid on March 13 revealed soiled mattresses, roach-infested rooms and fire doors tied shut, among other unsanitary conditions.
State health inspectors have since documented nearly 200 pages of violations at both facilities.
The Cincinnati City Council will hold hearings next month to determine how the conditions went unnoticed for so long.
