VDH's Chief Operating Officer Christopher Lindsay presented that data to lawmakers last week during a Joint Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources Oversight meeting.

Lindsay kicked off his remarks by thanking the medical facility inspectors working in the Office of Licensure and Certification (OLC), whom he described as investigators on the "front lines" in nursing homes to ensure facilities are "providing safe and high-quality care."

But too often, he said, they're seeing "the worst of the worst."

"This has been a very public time for these teams. There's been an incredible amount of attention paid to their work, not only here in Richmond, but across Virginia, and I want to thank our friends in the media for giving a voice to so many of our citizens that are demanding better," Lind

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