Lawsuit: Maggots Infest Ear of Nursing Home Resident
A resident at Lutheran Home for the Aged in Arlington Heights, a 92-year-old woman was found to have dozens of maggots in her ear, CBS Chicago reports.
After 57 maggots were found in an Arlington Heights woman's ear, the family of a 92-year-old who lived at the Lutheran Home for the Aged has filed a lawsuit against the nursing home, CBS Chicago reports. Suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease, Catherine McCann lived at the nursing home located at 800 W. Oakton Street in Arlington Heights, for two years before the alleged infestation, the Daily Herald reports. After receiving treatment for wax build up, CBS Chicago reports, McCann was prescribed ear drops, which were to be administered by the nursing home staff four times daily, but the maggots went unnoticed. According to MSN Now, the infestation was only discovered after McCann, who is unable to speak, began tugging on her ear in mid…
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11:22 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
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