Kansas
Department of Health & Environment
Bill Graves, Governor
Clyde D. Graeber, Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 31, 2001
Contact: Mike Heideman, 785-296-5795
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued an order, effective October 12, lifting a prohibition on new admissions to The Abbey, 1492 N. Waco, Wichita. A follow-up inspection on that date showed that previously documented deficiencies at the facility have been corrected.
Those deficiencies had significantly and adversely impacted the health, safety, nutrition or sanitation at the facility. The lifting of the prohibition enables the facility to accept new residents. The order lifting the ban was signed by the Secretary of Health and Environment on October 24, and was effective retroactively to October 12.