>> WHAT THE OWNER HAS TO SAY.
>> TONIGHT PARENTS OUTRAGE AND
FLABBERGASTED AFTER TAKING THEIR
CHILDREN FOR LICE TREATMENT ONLY
TO FIND OUT THE VERY SAME
FACILITY IS ALSO BEING USED AS A
COVID TESTING CENTER.
>> Anchor: AND THEY SAY THEY
WERE NEVER TOLD THAT.
LOCAL 10 NEWS WENT IN WITH A
HIDDEN CAMERA, AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS
INVESTIGATING.
>> WHEN YOU WALKED IN YOU HAD TO
NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE WALKING
INTO.
>> JE.
>> THIS PARENT THOUGHT SHE WAS
SIMPLY TAKING HER DAUGHTER TO BE
SCREENED FOR HEAD LICE.
SHE HAD A CONFIRMED APPOINTMENT,
AND WALKED INTO LICE TROOPERS.
IT IS IN PLANTATION.
>> SO YOU WALK IN AND YOU SEE A
WAITING ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.
>> YES, AND NOT JUST -- AND SOME
OF THEM DIDN’T HAVE MASKS ON,
AND I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE KIDS.
BECAUSE IT WAS A LICE PLACE.
SHE SAID IT WAS A SMALL WAITING
ROOM FULL OF ADULTS AND FOUND
OUT THEY WERE WAITING TO BE
TESTED FOR COVID.
>> I WALKED THROUGH ALL OF THE
PATIENTS STANDING THERE, AND I
SAW A NURSE, AND I ASKED HER
WHERE IS THE LICE PLACE, AND SHE
SAID IT IS RIGHT HERE.
SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING
SWABBING AND HAIR AT THE SAME
TIME.
AND SHE LOOKS AT ME AND SAID
WAIT, THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU.
I JUST WAS FREAKED OUT.
>> THE INTERNET FULL OF ANGRY
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM PARENTS.
LOCAL 10 NEWS REACHED OUT, THEY
TOO ASKED NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED.
ONE PARENT SAID AN EMPLOYEE WENT
BACK AND FORTH.
SHE TOPPED TWO TIMES SEEING MY
DAUGHTER TO DO COVID TESTING ON
OTHERS.
I LEFT THE PLACE WITHOUT ENDING
THE TREATMENT, ANOTHER PARENT
SAID QUOTE, HOW RECKLESS CAN YOU
BE.
COMPLETELER HORRIFIED BY THIS.
>> DID YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN.
>> YES, VERY MUCH SO.
>> I AM A TELEVISIONER REPORTER
AT LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> OKAY.
>> IS THIS REALLILY A GOOD IDEA.
>> DO THE PARENTS COMPLAIN.
>> NOT REALLY, AND I HAVE NO
COMMENT.
I HAVE NO COMMENT.
>> COVID PATIENTS SIT HERE AND
THEN LICE PATIENTS SIT HERE.
>> NO COMMENT, SIR.
>> WE WERE ORDERED OUT.
THEY GOT THE OWNER ON THE PHONE
WHO WAS HEADED TO ORLANDO.
CLAIMS COVID AND LICE PATIENTS
ARE NEVER TOGETHER IN THE SAME
FACILITY?
>> THEY ARE IN TWO SEPARATE AREAS.
WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENCE SPACES.
>> THAT’S NOT TRUE SIR, WE HAVE
BEEN HERE FOR TWO DAYS WATCHING.
>> WE SCHEDULE THEM SEPARATELY,
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT HOURS.
>> HAROLD CLAIMS LICE AND COVID
APPOINTMENTS ARE SPACED 15
MINUTES APART, BUT WE WENT IN
WITH A HIDDEN CAMERA.
WE CLEARLY SAW LICE PATIENTS AND
COVID PATIENTS IN WAITING AREAS
AT THE SAME TIME. PLUS YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH
PLUS YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH
THE COVID AREA TO GET TO THE
LICE AREA.
>> IF YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD
IDEA TO HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN,
LICE PATIENTS WALK THROUGH A
COIFED TESTING AREA?
I CAN TELL YOU CAN EXPERTS THINK
YOU ARE WRONG.
>> RIGHT.
NO ONE SAID THAT’S A GOOD IDEA.
>> WELL, YOU ARE DOING IT.
>> LOCAL 10 NEWS CONTACTED THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IS
THIS ALLOWED?
S THIS A GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE.
THEY TOLD US THEY WERE
IMMEDIATELY LOOKING INTO THE SITUATIONS HERE.
SITUATIONS HERE.
>> BUT TO OUR SURPRISE, THERE
AREN’T ANY OUTRIGHT RULES
PROHIBITING THIS.
WHAT THAT IS DOING IS GIVING THE
VIRUS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOP ON
TO A VULNERABLE PERSON.
>> WHO TEACHES INFECTIOUS
DISEASE AT NOVA SOUTH EASTERN.
>> YOU DON’T MIX THE TWO.
THE UNVACCINATED VOL COMMERCIAL
CHILDREN GOING INTO THE SAME
FACILITY.
>> SHOULD THIS BE ALLOWED?
>> NO, NO.
THAT’S NO REASON.
>> IN PLANTATION, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> AND NOW, FOLLOWING OUR
INQUIRY TODAY THE OWNER OF LICE
TROOPERS TOLD LOCAL 10 NEWS HAS
STOPPED DOING LICE TREATMENT ALL
TOGETHER AT HIS FACILITIES.
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