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Leas Cross scandalThe Leas Cross scandal erupted in Ireland when the nursing home with this name, located near Swords in Dublin, closed several weeks after a 2005 Prime Time television report revealed sub-standard living conditions there.[1] The documentary showed a patient with several bedsores who went on to develop MRSA.[2] Public concern over the Leas Cross scandal led to the formation of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).[3] Hynes ReportPeter McKenna, a 60-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's, who died 13 days after being transferred to the home in 2000, was the subject of a report by Martin Hynes, former head of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.[2][4] Mr. McKenna had been transferred from St. Michael's House to the nursing home despite the objections of his family - he was a ward of court.[4] He needed round-the-clock nursing care but that was difficult to manage in the nursing home.[4] St. Michael's House described the report as flawed.[4] O'Neill ReportA report by Professor Des O'Neill reviewed deaths at the home between 2002 and 2005, finding that care was deficient and it was consistent with a finding of institutional abuse.[5][6] The report also expressed concern at the short time between patients being transferred from hospitals to the nursing home, particularly in the case of patients from St. Itas Psychiatric Hospital.[6][7] It also stated that there was almost a complete absence of systematic monitoring of deaths in Irish nursing homes.[6][7] References
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