Second patient death results in fine for Woodward Resource Center

Capital Dispatch

State-operated Woodward Resource Center fined $30,000 after patient death for failure to check on him, provide CPR.

State inspectors said a staff member admitted to not performing required checks, saying he disagreed with the policy.

It’s the second time in eight months that the facility has been fined in connection with a patient death.

For the second time in eight months, the state-run Woodward Resource Center for disabled individuals has been fined for failing to check on, and provide CPR for, residents who subsequently died.

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing alleges that in May the residential care facility, which is run by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, placed residents of the home in immediate jeopardy by failing to ens