09 Mar Nursing Home To Pay $100,000 Fine for Patient’s Death
A California nursing home received its second state citation in two years following the death of a 94-year-old woman who wandered away from the nursing home last November.
The California Department of Public Health fined the Palomar Heights Care Center $100,000 in January for not providing adequate supervision.
A nurse also told police that Maria Cobian was checked and found sleeping 12 minutes after she was fatally struck by a car on a nearby street.
Palomar was cited in February 2006 after a 66-year-old man burned to death because he was left alone smoking a cigarette on a patio while connected to an oxygen machine.
The citation carries a $100,000 fine, according to public health department.
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