A Eudora nursing home has been fined $7,000 after state inspectors confirmed reports that a diabetic resident had been taken earlier this month to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in a comatose state.

Inspectors attributed the resident’s condition to poor nursing care.

State officials also have imposed a ban on new, Medicaid-funded admissions at Eudora Nursing Center, 1415 Maple, Eudora.

Asked about the ban and fine Thursday, the for-profit nursing home’s administrator, Rheva Victor, replied: “I prefer not to comment.”

Kansas Department on Aging records show the nursing home was cited for 26 deficiencies during a March 25 inspection. Since then, it has failed follow-up inspections on April 24 and May 19.

Inspectors returned to Eudora Nursing Center on June 1 after learning about the diabetic resident’s hospitalization.

In their report, inspectors cited the nursing staff for allowing the resident’s blood-sugar count to fall below low-normal levels for several hours on May 23-24.

Inspectors also cited the nursing home for running out of glucagon, a drug used to raise blood-sugar levels.

“These are very serious deficiencies,” said Barb Conant, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department on Aging.

Conant said Eudora Nursing Center had until Sept. 25 to be in full compliance with state and federal standards. Otherwise, its Medicaid and Medicare contracts will be terminated.