Resident Allegedly Burned at California Nursing Home Facility
Sixty-five year old Anita Ramirez was admitted to LifeHouse Parkview in Bakersfield, California after being cared for at Bakersfield Heart Hospital for blood pressure problems for treatment for a bed sore. Ramirez's bed sore required her to be turned every two hours and have an IV antibiotic. Within two weeks of her admission, something was obviously wrong and her daughters called police.
With police assistance, Ramirez was released from LifeHouse and taken to the emergency room at the Heart Hospital for treatment. After an examination, physicians reportedly determined that Ramirez was suffering from burns all over her body. According to her daughter, Patricia Dias said, "She literally has no skin left on parts of her body." Her daughter further said, "The doctor said this should have been looked at a long time ago...They believed that it was a reaction to all the antibiotics she's been on for the last year."
Ramirez is in critical but stable condition at San Joaquin Hospital burn center. A detective with the Bakersfield Police Department will be assigned to investigate the case.
