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February 25, 2009
California Nursing Home Employees Arraigned
Gwen Hughes, former Director of Nursing at Kern Valley Hospital's nursing home facility in Lake Isabella, California
We discussed this tragic situation in our previous blog. Three nursing home employees, Gwen Hughes, former Director of Nursing, Debbi Hayes, former pharmacist, and Dr. Hoshang Pormir, current staff physician, allegedly forcibly gave psychotropic drugs to 22 residents who suffered from Alzheimer's or other dementia-related illnesses. Hughes allegedly ordered the medications given to patients who argued with her, made noise, or were otherwise disruptive. Three residents died.
Hughes, Hayes, and Pormir pled not guilty on February 20, 2009 to charges that they forcibly drugged residents for convenience.
