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    Negligence, legislative cowardice to blame for death of 12 at nursing home

    by Carl Hiaasen, Tribune Content Agency Oct 02, 2017 3 minutes

    The elderly residents who languished in sweat-box misery at a Hollywood, Fla., nursing home after Hurricane Irma were the victims of sickening negligence -- but whose?

    Gov. Rick Scott blames the operators of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills for waiting too long to dial 911, and for failing to evacuate suffering patients to the trauma-level hospital across the street.

    Nursing home officials blame the governor, state emergency planners and the power company for a

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