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Home News ‘Total Pandemonium’: What Went Wrong at a Veterans’ Home Where 76 Died

‘Total Pandemonium’: What Went Wrong at a Veterans’ Home Where 76 Died

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An independent report on the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home describes “the opposite of infection control,” as administrators combined wards of infected and uninfected patients.





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Military Funeral Honors ceremonies must be scheduled in advance.

The law requires that every eligible veteran receive a military funeral honors ceremony, which includes the folding and presentation of the United States flag and the playing of “taps,” upon the family’s request. This Department of Defense program calls for the funeral director to request military funeral honors on behalf of the veteran’s family.