Video Shows Nurses Doubled Over LAUGHING As Dying WWII Vet Calls For Help

James Dempsey on Feb. 27, 2014, repeatedly called out to staff members at Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation before he fell unconscious, gasping for air all the while.

The veteran died gasping for breath while staff at his nursing home laughed in front of him, according to hidden camera video revealed in a lawsuit against the facility.

One of the nurses is seen laughing so hard she is doubled over Dempsey's deathbed. However, his son Tim had promised they would install a hidden camera when he first moved in there as he feared mistreatment.

Former nursing supervisor Wanda Nuckles testified during the trial that she rushed to the 89-year-old veteran’s room when she learned he’d stopped breathing and performed chest compressions until help arrived.

As she was questioned, she did not know about the camera that had recorded her actions.

Prieto: “From the time you came in, you took over doing chest compressions, … correct?”

Nuckles: “Yes.”

Prieto: “Until the time paramedics arrive, you were giving CPR continuously?”

Nuckles: “Yes.”

“Ma’am was there something funny at the time?” Mike Prieto, the attorney for Dempsey’s family, questioned.

She responded: “I can’t even remember all that, as you can see.”

Weeks after Dempsey's death, Tim reviewed the footage - and what he saw sparked a three-year legal battle. Both Nuckles and another nurse were fired, but not until nearly a year after the incident. And they only just turned in their licenses in September — nearly three years after Dempsey’s death.

Attorneys representing the Atlanta nursing home attempted to block WXIA from releasing the footage, but in the end, dropped its appeal with the Georgia State Supreme Court.

Elaine Harris, a retired nursing professor and expert in adult critical care, identified several violations of care in the video, including failure to respond, failure to assess and failure to act.

This case has emerged amid a slew of allegations against nursing homes, some associated with the US Department of Veterans Affairs, regarding care and treatment.

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