Lamb Calls For Federal Probe Of Nursing Home Where 60 Have Died

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb is calling for a federal investigation of the Beaver County assisted living facility where at least 60 people have died of coronavirus. Lamb has asked the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to probe the competence and performance of Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center's management.

In a letter to the agency, Lamb asked the CMS to determine whether Brighton residents are being well protected, and if the presence of the National Guard or more personal protective equipment and testing supplies would help the facility better contain the deadly outbreak.

“The dangers posed by COVID-19 are bad enough,” Lamb wrote. “It is simply unacceptable
that the threat to the residents of Brighton was made worse by lax oversight, especially after more than 60 members of this community had died. If those deaths did not convince either the temporary manager or the Brighton management to adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward severe mistakes, then something needs to change at Brighton, and it needs to change right away.”

You can read the entire letter here.