Article: SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS LEAD TO IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF KING COUNTY HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

The Washington state Department of Health issued the following news release:

A Seattle health care assistant has been immediately suspended from practice on charges that he sexually abused two patients.

The Department of Health today suspended the health care assistant certification of Fitsum Fikak (HC00262739). The statement of charges says that, while employed by Country Doctor Community Clinic, Fikak engaged in sexual intercourse with one patient and forcibly fondled, touched and restrained another. After each act he also allegedly warned each patient not to report the abuse.

Fikak has 20 days to respond to the ...

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