A Cook County, Illinois, Grand Jury has returned indictments against a nursing home doctor and the Cook County nursing home facility where he worked on charges related to the death of a patient in their care.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan said the indictments charge Forest Park, L.L.C., and Care Centers, Inc., doing business as The Pavillion of Forest Park nursing home, and Jason Garti, M.D., former medical director and wound care doctor at Pavillion, with multiple charges of Gross Neglect of a Long Term Care Facility Resident.
Forest Park, L.L.C., and Care Centers, Inc., were indicted as the licensee and owner of Pavillion, respectively.
The charges are the result of an investigation by the Illinois State Police Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The investigation began after emergency room personnel at Loyola Medical Center contacted the Department of Public Health.
According to the indictments, on September 11, 2002, a resident at Pavillion was transported by ambulance to the emergency room at Loyola Hospital, where it was discovered the patient had a large area of decubitus ulcers commonly known as bedsores.
The indictments charge Garti with two counts of Gross Neglect of a Long Term Care Facility Resident, a Class 4 felony, punishable by one to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).
The two entities, Forest Park L.L.C., and Care Centers, Inc., were each charged with multiple counts of Gross Neglect of a Long Term Care Facility Resident. If convicted, the charges may result in the closure of the nursing home.
