Los Gatos nursing home patient from San Jose killed by contaminated sandwich, lawsuit claims

A San Jose man recovering from surgery at a Los Gatos nursing home was killed by a contaminated sandwich staff served him, a new lawsuit claims.

Richard Truong, 71, ate the sandwich at Vasona Creek Healthcare Center, according to the lawsuit by his wife Nancy Truong and his daughter Cyn and sons Robert and Eric.

“Richard Truong developed sepsis and septic shock as a result of an infectious process which developed as a result of deplorable, unsanitary conditions,” the lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court alleged.

Vasona Creek Healthcare Center did not respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit.

Truong fell ill with gastro-intestinal problems after eating the sandwich in December 2021, then suffered seizures, the lawsuit claimed.

Facility staff called Truong’s son Eric, “but did not call paramedics,” the lawsuit filed last week alleged.

Truong’s daughter Cyn arrived soon after, “and witnessed her father vomiting and experiencing severe seizures with bodily convulsions,” with nurses arguing with each other over how to position Truong, the lawsuit claimed. “A nurse attempted CPR and (Truong) went into cardiac arrest,” the lawsuit alleged.

Paramedics arrived and located a faint pulse, but Truong suffered a second heart attack, “causing a paramedic to declare, ‘This one is a goner,'” the lawsuit claimed.

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In the lawsuit, Truong’s wife and children accuse Vasona Creek of elder abuse and medical negligence. They are seeking unspecified damages, including for Truong’s alleged pain and suffering before he died.

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