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Utah hospital sued for not stopping a doctor who drugged and sexually assaulted a girl -- and shared
Utah hospital sued for not stopping a doctor who drugged and sexually assaulted a girl — and shared the video onlineA Utah mother and daughter are suing a Davis County hospital, saying it is partially responsible for a Bountiful doctor drugging and sexually abusing the young girl.
Nathan Ward, an obstetrician-gynecologist who had worked at Lakeview Hospital, has been sentenced to decades behind bars, after he pleaded guilty in 2018 to sexually abusing a girl and then sharing videos of that abuse online.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the victim and her mother allege that Ward had taken drugs from the hospital where he worked and used the drugs to perpetrate the sexual assaults.
The lawsuit alleges that Lakeview Hospital bears some responsibility for the girl's harm because hospital officials allegedly knew that some employees had been involved in illegally obtaining and storing drugs that were meant for patients.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/06/26/woman-sues-utah-hospital/
(Salt Lake Tribune)