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Sexual assault by a US nurse on an unconscious patient.
Earlier this year, a former Arizona nurse admitted to sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman at a long-term care facility where she subsequently delivered birth.
As a result of his treatment of the woman, Nathan Sutherland pleaded guilty to a charge of abuse of a vulnerable adult. As a result, the possible statements were ambiguous. We're looking forward to hearing the verdict on November 4.
When an employee at the Hacienda Healthcare facility in Phoenix was changing the victim's clothes in December 2018, he realized that the patient was in the process of giving birth to a kid.
It was revealed to the police that the employees had no notion that the woman was pregnant. DNA collected from a child of the victim was found to match Mr Sutherland's DNA. The boy's guardian is the victim's mother.
Hacienda's top executive and a victim's doctor resigned in the wake of the birth, which prompted state agencies to reassess their policies.
Parents of the victim filed a lawsuit alleging Mr. Sutherland had cared for their daughter hundreds of times from 2012 to 2018, despite official claims that only women would care for her.
One of the family's experts said Mr. Sutherland spent a lot of time with her at night, when there were less employees and guests present.
As well as missing scores of pregnancy indicators, the family's lawyers pointed out that the mother had put on weight in the months before the birth and missed menstrual periods.
As a result of her pregnancy weight growth, the victim had a feeding tube and her nourishment was restricted. She gave birth to the boy dehydrated and without pain medicine.
Until the child was born, the victim resided at Hacienda for 26 years before she was murdered. Her medical difficulties were caused by a brain abnormality that resulted in motor and cognitive deficits, as well as eyesight abnormalities. She was also unable to utilize her limbs in any way.
Licensed practical nurse Sutherland was sacked by Hacienda after his arrest, and he renounced his nursing license.
According to the ruling, the woman's 26-year-long treatment by a doctor at Hacienda Healthcare resulted in the settlement of $20.2 million dollars. The doctor's insurance company maintained that it was under no duty to pay that much.
State of Arizona settled with Hacienda for $10.1 million last summer.