This makes MY blood boil!
Coroner's office: Heat exposure likely caused patient's death
Excerpts:
"A nursing home patient who spent several hours sunbathing in 90-degree-plus heat Sunday likely died of hyperthermia, a Lucas County deputy coroner ruled yesterday ... The coroner's office is continuing to investigate the death of Patricia Matney, 49, who had multiple sclerosis and lived in a Waterville nursing home for the last four years ... Her body temperature taken at the hospital was 109 degrees, but investigators believe it was even higher when she was discovered unconscious. Nursing home staff tried to cool her down by using wet cloths before her temperature was taken ... Because of the advanced state of her multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system, Ms. Matney could not move without assistance, including turning her body over ... staff members checked on Ms. Matney several times Sunday, when temperatures ranged from 88 degrees to 95 degrees."
Excerpts:
"A nursing home patient who spent several hours sunbathing in 90-degree-plus heat Sunday likely died of hyperthermia, a Lucas County deputy coroner ruled yesterday ... The coroner's office is continuing to investigate the death of Patricia Matney, 49, who had multiple sclerosis and lived in a Waterville nursing home for the last four years ... Her body temperature taken at the hospital was 109 degrees, but investigators believe it was even higher when she was discovered unconscious. Nursing home staff tried to cool her down by using wet cloths before her temperature was taken ... Because of the advanced state of her multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system, Ms. Matney could not move without assistance, including turning her body over ... staff members checked on Ms. Matney several times Sunday, when temperatures ranged from 88 degrees to 95 degrees."
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