On Dec. 29, a 29-year-old Native American woman, who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade after a near-drowning, gave birth to her first child at the Phoenix-based nursing facility, Hacienda HealthCare, according toKPHO.
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The statement said the company welcomed the move to investigate what it called “this deeply disturbing but unprecedented situation.” In the announcement, the company confirmed that Phoenix police had served a search warrant “to obtain DNA from male Hacienda HealthCare staffers.”
“We had consulted attorneys to determine whether it would be legal for our company to compel our employees to undergo DNA testing conducted through Hacienda or for Hacienda to conduct voluntary genetic testing of staffers,” the statement said. “We were told it would be a violation of federal law in either instance.”
Meanwhile, parents of patients at Hacienda HealthCare areshocked and seeking answers.
“Everybody was up in shock. Trust has been broken and severed completely,” Karina Cesena, whose 22-year-old daughter, Jazzmyne, is a patient at the facility, toldCBS News.
“A lot of people are mad – my family included,” Gary Londer also told the outlet.
“My heart hurts, my chest hurts. I haven’t been able to sleep well at night because of what occurred here,” a mother, Angela Gomez, shared.
source: people.com
