Nurses Caught on Video Abusing Nursing Home Resident in Queens, NY

On June 2, 2016, two nurses were indicted after being caught on video surveillance ignoring an injured patient at Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The incident occurred in October 2015. A 51 year old disabled male patient fell in the hallway at the facility, injuring his head and jaw.

Nurses Funmilola Taiwo and Esohe Agbonkpolor can be seen on video ignoring the patient for over 10 minutes as the patient crawled on the floor in agony. After several minutes of watching, Certified Nurse’s Aide Emmanuel Ufot was seen dragging the patient by his arm into his room. 25 minutes later, the patient is seen crawling back into the hallway bleeding profusely from his head and jaw injury while Taiwo and Agbonkpolor stood by watching. Ufot is then seen dragging the patient to his room for a second time by the collar of his gown, twisting it around the patient’s neck.

All three defendants were arrested for Endangering the Welfare of an Incompetent or Physically Disabled Person; the three are no longer working at the facility. Nurses Taiwo and Agbonkpolor are each facing up to four years in prison.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-nurses-indicted-ignoring-disabled-injured-patient-article-1.2658616?q&utm_content=buffer4551e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw

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