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US judge recommends reinstating three care home licences

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A Minnesota administrative law judge says health authorities suspended the three licences held by Golden Touch Health Care, the care company run by Sekou Hussein Dukuly, too early. She recommends reinstating them, but the decision must still be reviewed by Health Commissioner Brooke Cunningham, reports FrontPage Africa.

An administrative law judge in Minnesota has recommended reinstating the three licences for care homes for older people owned by Golden Touch Health Care, finding that health authorities had not shown that the company posed an imminent danger to its residents, reports FrontPage Africa.

In a decision dated 14 October 2026, Judge Suzanne Todnem concluded that the Minnesota Department of Health had “prematurely” suspended the licences of the company owned by Sekou Hussein Dukuly. The suspension led to the homes closing and their residents being moved for two months.

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