Nanticoke nursing home will close in October

Nanticoke State, formerly known as Nanticoke Villa under previous ownership, will close Oct. 6, or when all of its residents have found alternative facilities, according to a state Department of Public Welfare official.

Before deciding to close Nanticoke State, Mallios in July had appealed the department’s decision to revoke his license based on repeated violations that risked exposing residents to hepatitis B, according to the department’s violations history report on the property.

The personal care home was sold to Mallios on May 12, after the Bureau of Human Services refused to renew the license of the previous owner, Ron Halko. Under Halko’s ownership, a Department of Public Welfare inspection found that several Nanticoke Villa residents had been infected with hepatitis B after health-care personnel used the same blood glucose equipment to treat several patients. Jones said no more than 10 people were infected with hepatitis B.

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