Workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against former managers and supervisors of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, where 84 veterans died and many more were sickened at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
. It was among the worst outbreaks at a U.S. long-term care facility in the pandemic.
The complaint from employees, filed Thursday in federal court, accuses managers and supervisors of making a series of"criminally catastrophic decisions" in their mishandling of COVID-19 in the facility. More than 80 employees were sickened, the complaint says. "You would tell them that this person's sick, and they really and truly acted like they didn't care," employee and plaintiff Debra Ragoonanan told NBC10 Boston."It's just so hurtful and so disappointing to see how they treat these people, and the staff right now."Sign up for NECN newsletters.
Among those named as defendants in the civil suit are the superintendent of the facility and its medical director during the outbreak, both of whom have faced other lawsuits."They don't understand what it is we've been through. The PTSD is major, and we've been hiding. For me to come out and tell you that I've contemplated suicide is a lot, because I'm always happy-go-lucky, but after that, it's just too much.
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