"As temperatures increased from the lack of climate control, the putrid conditions caused many to vomit uncontrollably," a new lawsuit claims
INDEPENDENCE, La. — State health records, witness accounts and two lawsuits filed this week paint the picture of a deteriorating evacuation site in Independence, La. where more than 800 nursing home residents weathered Hurricane Ida, many of them on twin-sized blow up mattresses on the floor.
“There was trash full of urine and feces stacked in a corner. And the place just smelled horrible,” said Nathalie Henderson, a nurse at the warehouse.
She described air thick with the overwhelming smell of urine and feces with piles of waste soiled with it sitting in a corner for days.
“They kept rolling in more residents. I'm like, 'Oh my God.' We had to keep pushing the residents tighter and tighter to fit everyone in,” she continued, “I felt like I was in tears. Like it was very overwhelming.”
Henderson told WWL-TV’s Mike Perlstein the conditions went from bad to worse as the warehouse as one part of the building started taking on water. State inspection reports and two lawsuits filed on behalf of the residents tell a strikingly similar tale.
Dozens of residents called 911 from the warehouse for a variety of problems. One told operators she feared she had been kidnapped.
And by the morning after the storm, August 30, text records from state health officials indicate emergency responders started to sound the alarm about the conditions at the...
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