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Hoarded pills, burned patients at Erie-area nursing homes lead to six-figure fines

LECOM Senior Living Center has been fined $182,160 after an incident Jan. 30 in which a resident attempted suicide after hoarding about 100 muscle-relaxing pills. It comes less than a year after the Pennsylvania Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home was fined $176,348 after two residents suffered second-degree burns when physical therapy staff used an electrical stimulation […]