An Arizona long-term health care facility will shut down after a severely disabled patient was raped, a crime that only came to light after she gave birth.
Officials from Hacienda HealthCare said in a statement on Thursday that its board of directors had voted to close its 60-bed skilled nursing facility in Phoenix because it was "simply not sustainable to continue."
Hacienda said it would work with the state to transition about three dozen patients to other facilities before closing.
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