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Article: Facility fined in rape of patient: Nursing home will fight $10,000 penalty.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- December 15, 2005
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Byline: Angela Rozas and Meg Mcsherry Breslin, Chicago Tribune
Dec. 15--A Bloomingdale health-care facility where a 23-year-old patient was raped and impregnated has been fined $10,000 by the state and given a six-month conditional license.
Alden Village Health Facility for Children and Young Adults has been cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to protect the severely mentally and physically disabled woman from abuse. The department also cited the center for not having qualified nurses supervise residents and not following written policies on abuse investigations.
A spokeswoman for Alden Management Services, which ...