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SAN ANTONIO – A troubled nursing home is told to close down by the state regulators due to some major problems the school has been facing such as safety of the patients. As a result of the closure order many patients were transferred in other institutions. The state had finally ordered the hone to shut down the facility on Saturday for security matters. Many nurses were even very emotional when they saw patients taken out of the facility. For Nurse Johnny Rodriguez, he cried because the order of the state would mean they are also fired out from their nursing jobs.

Bobby Rodriguez, a nursing assistant also cried, saying he pitied the 21 residents of the institution because they don’t know where to go. He said workers have even volunteered to work without pay on shifting basis just to keep the 21 residents alive and sustaining. “Nobody cared for us and our problems.” The Mayfield Care Center has been under observation and investigation by authorities after there were reports the nursing school is no longer giving quality education. In November, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, was found to have very poor quality. The situation in said school is no longer okay. It was David French the new administrator who had decided to close the school as it already pose danger and threat to safety, according to his attorney’s letter which was also furnished to the San Antonio Express-News.

In April 2007, the nursing home had already received complaints. The state regulator record showed that since April of this year the school has already a record of 17 violations. The violations were recorded in two categories, it was learned. It had 17 violations for federal standards and another 20 violations for state standards. Most of the violations recorded were on medication errors and staff members failed to give patients food to eat and water to drink. In fact, for safety violations, Mayfield was fined $100,000. It also owed government taxes of more than 100,000, the letter concluded. As of this writing the owner of the Mayfield is unreachable for comments.