Psychiatric Ward Rape Investigated
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OAKLAND — An investigation is under way into a case at Highland Hospital’s psychiatric ward in which one patient allegedly raped another who was strapped to a bed in a room that should have been locked.
Angry Alameda County supervisors said they also wanted to know why hospital administrators failed to inform the victim’s mother of the assault.
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