12 of 14 nursing home deaths after Irma ruled homicides

[Princess Turandot]

3. There's a large hospital directly across the street from where this home was...

Under the circumstances, I have to believe that the hospital would have come to their assistance, had they asked for it.

My guess is that they didn't want to lose any billing revenues to the hospital, or even worse, have the residents considered as discharged from their facility. (There are Medicaid rules that dictate money-wise what happens and when, if an nursing home patient is sent to a hospital, although I'm not sure if feds set those particular rules, or the states do.)

Personally, I think the bit about calling the governor's office during a hurricane to get an A/C repairman and parts sent to the place is a red herring. And once several hours passed without a reply, they should have done something else.