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Nurses didn't evacuate patients after AC went out. Now they'll face charges after 12 patient deaths.

By The Tampa Bay Times / Associated Press  
   August 26, 2019

Arrests are expected Monday in the case of a Florida nursing home where 12 elderly patients died after it lost power during a 2017 hurricane, according to defense attorneys. Lawrence Hashish says his client is one of three nurses and an administrator being charged. He said they don’t yet know what the charges are, but that it will likely be some form of manslaughter.

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