In 2015 we warned you that the new Miami Springs pool was going to be much smaller than the grand olympic sized pool we had for over 50 years. We also informed you that much of the money was going into creating more buildings. In other words, more building space. Less pool space. Now you can see the construction of the new pool with your own eyes. Total construction cost: $5 MILLION.
According to an article published inĀ The Miami Herald,Ā the Fair Havens nursing home was recently fined over a quarter million dollars by the federal government due to failings during the COVID-19 pandemic that cost the lives of 59 residents at the facility.
According to the report, Fair Havens was fined $267,764 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the largest such fine related to COVID-19 in the nation.
NEW NAME FOR FAIR HAVENS
As is common for a facility that has received notoriously bad press over the last year, Fair Havens has changed its name.Ā According to the report, the new name for Fair Havens isĀ “Miami Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.”Ā Ā
Miami Battle Creek Sanitarium
Of course, the facility was originally founded as the Hotel Country Club by Glenn Curtiss.Ā It was later converted to the Miami-Battle Creek Sanitarium by cereal magnate, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.Ā It later became known as Fair Havens nursing center before becoming the notorious nursing facility that at one point lead the State of Florida with the highest number of COVID-19 related nursing home deaths.
Below is an early video report back when there were just 8 COVID deaths at the time:
We don’t know what liabilities the center may face from civil lawsuits from the family members.