Health & Fitness

Hamden Nursing Home Fined: Report

The state Department of Public Health recently fined seven nursing homes in the state for various violations.

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden Rehabilitation and Health Care Center has been fined $3,060 by the state Department of Public Health after a resident was injured while being transferred from a wheelchair to a bed, according to the Connecticut Health I-Team.

Cara Rosner of the Connecticut Health I-Team reports the resident suffered a lower leg laceration, which required 17 sutures, during the incident.

Read more details and see the other nursing homes in the state recently fined by the DPH, at the Connecticut Health I-Team website here.

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