State: Nursing home resident called 911 after being left ‘gasping for air’

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 771

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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An Iowa nursing home where a resident called 911 to receive medical attention while struggling to breathe could be facing fines of more than $27,000.

According to state inspectors, the Good Samaritan care facility in Red Oak failed to provide quality nursing care when it neglected to intervene when one of the home’s 34 residents showed signs of critically low oxygen levels and another resident was coughing up blood.

Inspectors allege that on April 15, …

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