Lawmakers to focus on staffing at Holyoke Soldiers' Home

Lawmakers are poised on Thursday to dig into whether staff and labor issues might have exacerbated a catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home.

GOOD MORNING.MATT: GOOD MORNING.THE DEADLY CRISIS AT THE HOLYOKESOLDIERS’ HOME SPARK SEVERALINVESTIGATIONS.TODAY, THERE WILL BE A NEWFOCUS.LAWMAKERS ARE SET TO HOLD AHEARING TODAY ON STAFFING AT THEFACILITY.76 VETERANS DIED THERE AFTERCONTRACTING COVID-19.THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE PANEL ISLOOKING INTO WHETHER STAFFINGISSUES MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE INTHE TRAGEDY AT THE HOME.AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW ALREADYLAID OUT A SERIES OF MISSTEPS,WHICH LED TO TWO UNITS COMBININGBOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVEPATIENTS.THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF THEHOME AND ITS FORMER MEDICALDIRECTOR ARE FACING CHARGES INCONNECTION WITH THE DEATHS THATFOLL