Claim of Gill v. Woodcrest Nursing Home

from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed May 1, 1974, January 30, 1975 and April 15, 1976, which awarded benefits to the claimant. The claimant filed a claim for compensation on April 28, 1971 which alleged that she had sustained "a myocardial infarct and cardiac insufficiency” on July 31, 1970. The claimant testified that on July 31, 1970 she went to work at 3:00 p.m. as a nurse and while assisting a large male patient whose legs were paralyzed get into a chair, she suffered chest pains. A supervisor of claimant recognized that she needed medical attention and took her to a…