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United States Army veteran York Spratling of Florida died after gangrene developed around his genitals, a condition his family alleged was ignored by nursing home staff. Spratling was admitted to the Consulate Health Care of Jacksonville back in December 284-year-old veteran dies of neglect after nursing home staff ignored gangrene
United States Army veteran York Spratling of Florida died after gangrene developed around his genitals, a condition his family alleged was ignored by nursing home staff. Spratling was admitted to the Consulate Health Care of Jacksonville back in December 2016. The 84-year-old's health was already declining then,as per Naples Daily News on Dec. 12, and also suffered from diabetes, thus rendering him unable to live on his own. It was on February 2017, just less than three months after Spratling moved to the nursing home, when he was brought to the emergency room. According to the report,doctors discovered that his genitals were infected with gangrene and surgery was needed to rem...Keep on reading: 84-year-old veteran dies of neglect after nursing home staff ignored gangrene Read more