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<\/picture><\/div>\nFILE – This May 2018 file photo ,shows an aerial view of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Mass. Former Superintendent Bennett Walsh and medical director David Clinton were indicted Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, on charges of mishandling the coronavirus outbreak at the home for aging veterans where more than 70 died from COVID-19. (Don Treeger\/The Republican, File)\u00a0<\/span>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I do not know or understand what the hell is wrong with some people, but this story will raise your blood pressure substantially. Just warning you.<\/p>\n ARTICLE BY ALANNA DURKIN <\/span>RICHER, Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Two former administrators of a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 people sickened by the coronavirus died have been charged over their handling of the outbreak, the state attorney general said Friday.<\/p>\n It’s believed to be the first criminal case in the country brought against nursing home officials for actions during the pandemic, Attorney General Maura Healey said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former Medical Director Dr. David Clinton were indicted by a grand jury on charges stemming from their decision in March to combine two dementia units, packing residents who were positive for the coronavirus into the same space as those with no symptoms, Healey said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The veterans “risked their lives from the beaches of Normandy, to some the jungles of Vietnam, and to know that they died under the most horrific circumstances is truly shocking,” Healey told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A phone message was left Friday with a lawyer for Walsh. An email was sent to attorneys for Clinton. They could each face prison time if convicted of causing or permitting serious bodily injury or neglect of an elder, Healey said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Relatives of veterans who died at the home said they hope “justice will prevail.\u201d – article<\/p>\n The full story is here:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n