By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org
WEST STEWARTSTOWN — The Coos County Nursing Hospital has gone from crisis to chaos with more than half of its residents and nearly half the staff testing positive for COVID-19 and four patients having died — with no help from the state beyond sending PPE, an angry Coos County Commissioner Paul Grenier charged on Wednesday.
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