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San Francisco is poised to pay $500,000 to a family that sued for wrongful death and elder abuse after their relative died following his transfer out of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
The settlement is expected to be approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday and comes after an overhaul of Laguna Honda, a safety net hospital for low-income patients with complex medical needs, which lost its certification in 2022 after failing a series of safety inspections.
While working to regain good standing, state and federal regulators forced the hospital to prepare for potential closure and some residents were discharged or transferred to other skilled nursing facilities…