New Commander at Troubled Vets Home

State officials have appointed a longtime administrator to take over the management of a troubled Chester County state veterans nursing home where some 50 patients have succumbed to the coronavirus pandemic.
Barbara Raymond, who was the commandant at the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home in Erie is taking over as interim commandant at the 238-bed Southeastern Veterans Center in Spring City. She replaces Rohan Blackwood, who served in the post since 2015.
The shift comes as the death count continues to rise at the facility.
In its latest report from the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the agency reported that 36 veterans were confirmed victims of Covid-19 with another 14 probable victims. A total of 114 patients have tested positive for the virus including those who have passed away.
In addition 52 staffers of the six facility system have tested positive for the vir