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MPTF Chief Blames Lack of Testing for Coronavirus Deaths at Nursing Home

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By Dave McNary Film Reporter On the last day of February, county officials in suburban Seattle went public with the news that the Life Care Center had become the center of an outbreak of the coronavirus disease.

That disclosure began setting off alarms at America’s elder care facilities, due to residents being at heightened risk because of their age and close living conditions.

That included the renowned Motion Picture & Television Fund’s campus in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills, home to 250 entertainment industry veterans and retirees.

Bob Beitcher, president and CEO of the MPTF for the past decade, announced on March 6 that the nursing facility and retirement community would be quarantined starting on March 9.

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