COVID and Soldiers Home News Archive also see Local News Archive Back to Main Page Back to Local and State COVID page October 19, 2020 Coalition to hold stand-out in support of families outside Holyoke Soldiers� Home hearing at Holyoke Community College October 15, 2020 Former Soldiers� Home superintendent, medical director scheduled for arraignment on criminal neglect charges October 3, 2020 Soldiers� Home Coalition seeks to create virtual memorial to COVID-19 victims October 2, 2020 Bennett Walsh defends actions at Soldiers' Home as he resigns over deadly COVID-19 outbreak October 2, 2020 Bennett Walsh resigns as Soldiers' Home superintendent; suit over firing dropped September 30, 2020 Soldiers� Home trustees mull best version of �reimagined� facility post-COVID-19 crisis; indicted staffers discussed privately September 29, 2020 Soldiers� Home Trustees chairman says indictments of superintendent, former medical director will not change discussions during this week�s special meeting September 25, 2020 'More to come�: AG Maura Healey says other long-term care facilities under scrutiny after Holyoke Soldiers� Home investigation yields charges September 25, 2020 �Very difficult memories�: Coalition, relatives of Holyoke Soldiers� Home veterans react to criminal charges in deadly COVID-19 outbreak September 25, 2020 'They were the ultimate decision makers�: Attorney General Maura Healey explains charges in Holyoke Soldiers� Home COVID outbreak September 25, 2020 Former Superintendent Bennett Walsh and former medical director David Clinton facing criminal indictments in veteran deaths at Holyoke Soldiers' Home September 25, 2020 Soldiers� Home deaths result in criminal neglect indictments for Superintendent Bennett Walsh, former medical director David Clinton September 23, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home Coalition weighs in on future designs for upgraded facility September 22, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home Board of Trustees to hold special meeting about judge�s ruling on Bennett Walsh firing September 22, 2020 Firing of Holyoke Soldiers� Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh was �invalid�, judge rules September 13, 2020 Plight of Holyoke Soldiers� Home residents, families becomes political flashpoint in state Senate race September 9, 2020 Family visits at Holyoke Soldiers� Home suspended again after employee tests positive for COVID-19 August 18, 2020 Massachusetts takes steps to redo virus-ravaged vets� home [PDF] July 30, 2020 6 staff at Holyoke Soldiers� Home test positive for COVID-19; all staff, residents to be tested July 28, 2020 Soldiers� Home suspending visits after veteran who recovered from coronavirus tests positive again July 24, 2020 Attorney for ousted Holyoke Soldiers� Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh knocks federal lawsuit over COVID-19 deaths July 23, 2020 Attorney for ousted Holyoke Soldiers� Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh decries �poison� spread by Gov. Charlie Baker administration over COVID-19 response July 22, 2020 Three municipal boards throw support behind Holyoke Soldiers� Home Coalition after COVID-19 crisis July 20, 2020 Attorney for ousted Holyoke Soldiers� Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh announces press conference July 17, 2020 $176 million lawsuit filed over Holyoke Soldiers� Home coronavirus outbreak; Bennett Walsh, Francisco Urena among defendants July 17, 2020 6 Western Massachusetts lawmakers named to committee investigating deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers� Home July 15, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home trustees pass resolutions in light of mismanagement that led to 76 COVID-19 deaths of veterans July 14, 2020 Lawmakers hear testimony on bill to improve Holyoke Soldiers� Home following deadly COVID-19 outbreak July 2, 2020 State legislators form joint oversight committee to probe coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers� Home that killed 76 July 1, 2020 Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says fate of Holyoke Soldiers� Home trustees held up by legalities after veteran deaths June 29, 2020 �You have no authority to take this action�: Attorney for Holyoke Soldiers� Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh disputes firing by Gov. Charlie Baker, health Secretary Marylou Sudders June 25, 2020 Gov. Charlie Baker calls for �significantly more direct oversight� at Holyoke Soldiers� Home following 76 COVID-19 deaths June 25, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home investigation: 6 takeaways from Mark Pearlstein report on coronavirus outbreak June 25, 2020 Gov. Baker proposes changes in management, operation of Holyoke Soldiers� Home June 25, 2020 Sweeping rebuke of Holyoke Soldiers� Home leadership, state officials contained in report probing COVID-19 crisis that left 76 veterans dead June 24, 2020 Read the report: Investigator�s review of coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers� Home June 24, 2020 With report on Holyoke Soldiers� Home coronavirus outbreak on the horizon, Secretary of Veterans� Services Francisco Ure�a resigns June 23, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home renovation advocates draw loud support in first public demonstration June 22, 2020 First of several planned stand-outs for advocates of the Holyoke Soldiers� Home to take place Tuesday June 20, 2020 Families, veterans groups and services organize to make sure Holyoke Soldier�s Home debacle does not happen again June 18, 2020 All surviving Holyoke Soldiers� Home veterans diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered June 17, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home advocates ramp up efforts for reform as veterans, staff struggle to rebound from deadly COVID-19 outbreak June 16, 2020 Family of Holyoke Soldiers� Home veteran who survived COVID-19 saddened by first family visit June 15, 2020 Soldiers� Homes begin accepting visitors this week: Here are the guidelines for outdoor visits June 14, 2020 Soldiers� Home retired superintendent rallying support for expansion, renovation June 11, 2020 Baker stands by timeline for when he learned about coronavirus deaths at Holyoke Soldiers Home as reports question when administration knew June 9, 2020 Soldiers� Home stabilizes from coronavirus outbreak, former superintendent urges reconstruction of facility May 26, 2020 Bennett Walsh, suspended superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers� Home, releases emails showing pleas for help as coronavirus infected veterans May 26, 2020 Suspended Holyoke Soldiers Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh releases documents showing he informed state of coronavirus outbreak May 26, 2020 Mass. probe into Holyoke Soldiers� Home coronavirus deaths expected to wrap up soon, Gov. Baker says May 25, 2020 Holyoke honors the fallen in virtual Memorial Day tribute; Soldiers� Home in forefront May 22, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home marks somber Memorial Day May 22, 2020 Soldiers� Home virtual Memorial Day observance honoring vets where 74 residents died of coronavirus May 22, 2020 In memory of those lost: Photographer honors veterans at Holyoke Soldiers� Home who died of COVID-19 May 20, 2020 Holyoke police get $116K for anti-coronavirus gear; City Council revisits clean energy study grant May 20, 2020 Soldiers� Home, hit hard by coronavirus, plans �virtual� Memorial Day tribute May 20, 2020 Staffing concerns predated coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers� Home May 18, 2020 Soldiers Home study shows staffing levels inadequate to fight coronavirus spread, but met state, federal rules May 12, 2020 Soldiers� Home administrators to change, capacity to shrink due to coronavirus May 10, 2020 Soldiers� Home administrators move toward �recovery phase� as coronavirus infection rate stabilizes May 8, 2020 Soldiers� Home veteran dies of COVID-19; raises total to 73 May 6, 2020 Brighton Marines donate 350 iPads so veterans at Holyoke, Chelsea soldiers� homes can connect with families May 6, 2020 Soldiers� Home reports another COVID-19 death; total rises to 72 May 3, 2020 Coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers home stabilizing, no new deaths, infections reported May 3, 2020 �They can�t ignore staffing issues�: Years before coronavirus outbreak, Soldiers� Home leaders pressed state for more funding April 30, 2020 No new deaths at the Holyoke Soldiers Home April 30, 2020 One more veteran death tied to coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers� Home; 71 dead amid COVID-19 outbreak April 29, 2020 Death toll hits 70 in coronavirus outbreak at Holyoke Soldiers� Home April 28, 2020 Soldiers Home: 2 more veterans die in worst outbreak at health care facility nationwide April 27, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home superintendent assured Board of Trustees members of plans for staffing, prevention of COVID-19 April 27, 2020 1 veteran dies, number infected stabilizing April 26, 2020 Additional veteran dies, infection remains stable over 3 days April 25, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home COVID-19 death rate increases by one overnight April 25, 2020 Former prosecutor probing Holyoke Soldiers� Home COVID-19 outbreak has 'free rein�, no deadline, Gov. Charlie Baker says April 24, 2020 Five more COVID-19 deaths linked to Holyoke Soldiers� Home; total now at 62 April 23, 2020 Soldiers Home: Number of positive results for COVID-19 steady, 2 veterans die overnight April 23, 2020 State inspector general began investigation into Holyoke Soldiers� Home weeks before residents were infected with COVID-19 April 22, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home: 3 more residents die, 93 infected April 22, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home Trustees hires lawyer as nearly 70% of veterans infected with COVID-19 April 20, 2020 Soldiers� Home: Flags to fly at half-staff after at least 52 vetrans die of COVID-19 April 19, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home: At least 50 now dead of COVID-19 April 18, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home death toll increases by 1 overnight April 17, 2020 3 more dead, increased infections reported at Holyoke Soldiers� Home April 16, 2020 State officials found COVID-19 spread throughout Holyoke Soldiers� Home in 1st inspection April 16, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home deaths reach 44, 6 die COVID-19 in 24-hours April 15, 2020 Court hearing to delay firing of Holyoke Soldiers� Home Superintendent Bennett Walsh postponed April 15, 2020 Two more Holyoke Soldiers� Home veterans have died, 65% of residents test positive April 14, 2020 Nearly two-thirds of veterans contracted COVID-19, 36 dead April 13, 2020 1 more veteran dead at Holyoke Soldiers� Home: 88 residents, 78 employees test positive for COVID-19 April 12, 2020 Coronavirus infections continue to rise at Holyoke Soldiers� Home, 1 more veteran dies April 11, 2020 Court blocks trustees meeting to fire Superintendent Bennett Walsh over COVID-19 deaths April 11, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers Home coronavirus rate remains stable Saturday April 10, 2020 Half the Holyoke Soldiers� Home veterans have contracted COVID-19, 30 dead April 10, 2020 U.S. Attorney�s Office launches federal probe into deaths at Holyoke Soldiers� Home April 9, 2020 Soldiers� Home: State got daily updates after first COVID-19 case identified, suspended superintendent says April 9, 2020 Coronavirus leaves four more veterans dead, seven more infected with COVID-19 at Holyoke Soldiers Home April 8, 2020 AG Maura Healey launches her own investigation into Holyoke Soldiers� Home April 8, 2020 2 more Holyoke Soldiers� Home veterans died of suspected COVID-19, 68 staff test positive April 7, 2020 �He�s in the fight of his life,� daughter says of 99-year-old father April 6, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers Home staff infected with COVID-19 increases to 31, additional veteran dies April 5, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers Home residents struggle with relocation as one-third of residents infected with COVID-19 April 4, 2020 Number of coronavirus-related deaths at Holyoke, Chelsea Soldiers� Homes continues to rise April 3, 2020 Healthy Holyoke Soldiers� Home residents being evacuated to Holyoke Medical Center April 2, 2020 Western Massachusetts legislators call for 2nd investigation into Holyoke Soldiers� Home COVID-19 deaths April 1, 2020 Gov. Charlie Baker appoints independent investigator to examine Holyoke Soldiers� Home in wake of COVID-19 deaths March 31, 2020 fallout: �These 7 cases are only the beginning'; Warning of veterans dying at Holyoke Soldiers� Home took days to get to Gov. Charlie Baker March 31, 2020 at Holyoke Soldiers Home: Family members say they were left in the dark as sickness spread March 30, 2020 Holyoke Soldiers� Home superintendent placed on leave, at least 5 residents die from COVID-19

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