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Under Fire: Is Local Nursing Home To Blame For Death Of Elderly Patient?

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A local nursing home is under fire for leaving an elderly heart patient unattended.

The woman - who also suffered from Dementia - died and now a whistle-blower is speaking to 19 Action News.

But was it negligence - not her failing health - that caused the death of Jeanie McCormick?

Carl Monday has more in his 19 Action News Investigation.

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