By Bonnie Phillips The state Board of Examiners for Nursing on Wednesday disciplined four nurses for drug use and other violations. The board placed the LPN license of Ashley E. Lambert of Thompson on probation…
By Christine Woodside Christine Woodside Photo. Jamie Cantori, a research assistant at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, checks the ticks that have attached to the white cloth she dragged through the underbrush at Lord Creek…
By Cara Rosner Six nursing homes have been fined by the state for violating a resident’s privacy, verbally abusing a resident and for violations that resulted in residents’ injuries. Whitney Center in Hamden was fined…
By Cara Rosner 3 hours ago RecommendTweet EmailPrintMore Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Jessica Racco gives Oliver his two Peanut M&Ms, part of his daily “maintenance dose,” after undergoing an allergy desensitization process. For Oliver Racco,…
By Cara Rosner The number of “adverse events” occurring at Connecticut hospitals rose 7% in 2018, compared with the previous year, with a growing number of patients suffering serious injury or death associated with falls,…
By Lisa Backus Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Jesus Manuel Gomez and his son, Jeremías, in front of their Bridgeport home. While working as a dishwasher, Gomez said his work schedule was unpredictable and made it…
By Cara Rosner A hysterectomy performed on a patient based on a faulty test result, and the death of two patients after failing to receive necessary monitoring or medication, failure to immediately investigate a complaint…
By Cara Rosner Three nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for violations that include posting a video on social media of a resident in a wheelchair asking for…
By Bonnie Phillips The state Board of Examiners for Nursing last week revoked the licenses of three nurses and disciplined four other nurses, mostly for drug or alcohol abuse. The licensed practical nurse (LPN) license…
By Elizabeth Heubeck Melanie Stengel Photo Dr. Anna Tirado talks with patient Denzil Benton before her exam. Over the past 20 years, Connecticut women with cognitive or physical disabilities have found their way to the…
By Lisa Backus The state Medical Examining Board on Tuesday disciplined two physicians with fines of $10,000 or more, including a Stamford doctor for a lack of documentation while prescribing to employees. The board also…
By Sujata Srinivasan Carl Jordan Castro Photo. Sonya Huber, 48, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. She says on some days she needs a cane to help her walk because of the pain in her joints. Unable…
By Cara Rosner The state Department of Public Health (DPH) has fined four nursing homes for violations that resulted in resident harm. Village Crest Center for Health and Rehabilitation in New Milford was fined $10,000…
By Cara Rosner Open enrollment for 2020 health insurance plans begins Nov. 1, but consumers can already “window shop” among plans on the state’s health insurance exchange. On Access Health CT’s (AHCT) website, accesshealthct.com, the…
By Bonnie Phillips The state Board of Examiners for Nursing last week suspended the licenses of two licensed practical nurses (LPN) and disciplined four other nurses. The LPN license of Melissa A. Eccles of Norwich…
By Steve Hamm Jose DeJesus pulls his silver minivan out of a parking lot in back of a row of historic houses on New Haven’s Congress Avenue. He points with pride to the flowers he…
By Cara Rosner Most Connecticut hospitals will lose a percentage of their Medicare reimbursement payments over the next year as penalties for having high rates of readmitted patients, according to new data from the Centers…
By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. This group devoted many early mornings in spring and summer as citizen scientists taking water samples to test the quality. Pictured are: Holly Turner, a teacher at the Bridgeport…
By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. On a dry day, the West Side plant handles about 18 million gallons of waste. The waste circulates through three screening tanks where human feces, sanitary napkins, condoms and…
I-Team In-Depth By Christine Woodside Melanie Stengel Photo. Hours after a heavy overnight rainstorm on July 12, a brown, foamy slick was floating in Black Rock Harbor near Captain’s Cove Seaport. The West Side plant…