Pills, Medical Records Found at Abandoned Louisiana Nursing Home
It's been almost five years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Huntington Place Senior Community through massive flooding. What remained inside was still dangerous and was only discovered through chance.
A man named Nicholas, who requested that his last name remain anonymous, had a dog that ran off. During the search for the dog, Nicholas and his friend had to enter the abandoned Huntington Place Senior Community to catch her and were quite surprised to find multiple filing cabinets filled with medical records of the facility residents. The records were completely legible and contained social security numbers, birthdates, addresses, medical information, and resident names. This was identity theft waiting to happen. But the records weren't the only find that day - Nicholas and his friend also found pills thrown all over the floor of the facility, most of them unopened and in their original packaging. One of the medications found was Zyprexa, an anti-psychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Syringes and other medical supplies were also found abandoned and unsecured.
According to St. Bernard Parish President, Craig Taffaro, the building was originally slated to be demolished in June 2009 but a property release error held up the demolition. The building will be demolished within thirty days.
