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Four Quit After Oklahoma Veteran with Maggots in Wound Dies

Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs

TALIHINA, Okla. (AP) — Four staff members have resigned from a southeastern Oklahoma veterans facility rather than face the possibility of getting fired after a resident who was found to have maggots in a wound later died of sepsis.

Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs executive director Myles Deering said the maggots were discovered while the patient was alive at the facility in Talihina, about 130 miles southeast of Tulsa.

Deering says the veteran came to the center with an infection and died of sepsis.

The agency says a physician's assistant and three nurses, including the director of nursing, resigned after an investigation was conducted. Spokesman Shane Faulkner says all four chose to resign before the termination process began.

The incident was reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the district attorney for LeFlore and Latimer counties to determine if any charges should be filed.