Mom Horrified After Woman in Vegetative State Gives Birth at Arizona Nursing Facility: Report

Mom Horrified After Woman in Vegetative State Gives Birth at Arizona Nursing Facility: Report
A Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Google Street View
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The mother of a woman who has been in a vegetative state for 14 years and recently gave birth, issued a statement in the wake of the incident.

A patient at Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix went into labor and gave birth on Dec. 29, 2018. But the woman has been in a near-vegetative state after she was involved in a near-drowning incident from more than a decade, AZFamily.com first reported. Police are now investigating a likely sexual assault incident.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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