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'Disaster' feared if sick moved to California nursing homes

by Associated Press
| April 5, 2020 12:03 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California directive that could open the way for some patients sickened with COVID-19 to be sent from overburdened hospitals to nursing homes is being criticized by industry officials who fear vulnerable, elderly residents would be placed at risk.

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