SD Health Department closes Hudson nursing home

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SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The state Health Department has ordered a nursing home in the southeastern South Dakota city of Hudson to close.

The Health Department says the Hudson Healthcare Center's license has been suspended because of a pattern of repeated deficiencies that threaten the health and safety of residents. The Health Department reports that it is helping to relocate the more than two dozen people who live in the center to other facilities.

Hudson Healthcare owner and CEO Joe Ward tells the media that the facility has been given until Aug. 23 to shut down. He says the facility is appealing the order.

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