PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – A licensed practical nurse in Montgomery County, who is trusted to care for the elderly, has been arrested after being accused of causing harm to one of his patients.
Abiodun Oke worked at the Arista Care at Meadow Springs in Plymouth Meeting.
According to court documents, Oke was taking care of an 81-year-old female patient at the facility who suffered from dementia, pneumonia and who has a tracheotomy.
The facility has a visual and audible alarm that goes off when a patient’s ventilator becomes detached.
According to court documents, Oke reattached the 81-year-old patient’s ventilator two times in one day, but when the alarm went off a third time for a minute and a half, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office says Oke did nothing.
Instead a respiratory therapist who also heard the alarm, but was not responsible for the patient, responded.
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