A living wage won't do much good if you're dead
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well, maybe the dog is
Employees at East Haven assisted living facility suffer from fentanyl overdoses; patients left unsupervised
EAST HAVEN - The only two employees at an East Haven assisted living facility were incapacitated Wednesday afternoon as they suffered from accidental fentanyl overdoses, leaving patients unsupervised, according to the East Haven Police Department.
A visiting nurse stopped by the Caroline Manor Assisted Living Facility on Clark Avenue Wednesday afternoon to check on one of her patients. She found the only two employees of the assisted living facility overdosing on fentanyl, according to Capt. Joseph Murgo with the East Haven Police Department.
A male employee was found on the lower level of the facility while a female employee was on the main floor. The narcotics were “left out and in plain view” when officers and fire department personnel arrived, Murgo said.
East Haven Fire Department personnel administered Narcan, which can treat opioid overdoses, to both of the employees before they were rushed to Yale New Haven Hospital for further treatment, according to Murgo.
Murgo said their conditions are unknown at this time.
Presumably, a strong letter of reprimand will be placed in their personnel folders, if their union will allow it.
