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2 Virginia police officers, 2 civilians wounded in stabbing

SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police in Suffolk, Virginia, say four people, including two officers, were stabbed while authorities were serving an emergency custody order.

A Suffolk police statement said officers responded to a home around 9:30 p.m. Sunday and spoke to multiple people before being confronted by the suspect involved in the custody order.

Officials said the man had a knife and attacked the four adults, all of whom were hospitalized with serious injuries. Three were treated and released.

One officer remained in the hospital early Monday morning. Police say the suspect was taken into custody and charges are pending.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies.  With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track.  As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates.  The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH. 
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