84-year-old veteran died after nursing home staff ignored his infected, rotting genitals


By: 
J.D. Simkins 

There, Derwin Spratling received the shocking news: His uncle needed surgery to remove dead tissue from his genitals, which had been infected with gangrene.

The doctor said "he had never seen anything like that before, especially in this day and age,” Derwin Spratling told the Naples Daily News. “It really freaked us out.”