Facility Where Comatose Woman Gave Birth Faces New Complaint

Facility Where Comatose Woman Gave Birth Faces New Complaint
Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix, on Jan. 4, 2019. Ross D. Franklin, File/AP Photo
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PHOENIX—A long-term care facility where an Arizona woman in a vegetative state was raped and gave birth said on Jan. 18, that it’s investigating another patient’s allegation of physical abuse.

Hacienda HealthCare officials said in a news release that the female patient accused a registered nurse and a certified caregiver, both women, of abuse. The workers yelled at her and hit her head and arm, she alleged Thursday as federal and state auditors surveyed the Phoenix facility.