. The Phoenix Police Department is investigating possible sex abuse at a nursing facility after a female patient recently became pregnant and gave birth.


?None of the staff were aware that she was pregnant until she was pretty much giving birth,? a source familiar with the situation told the station.

When asked how personnel found out she was in labor, the source responded, ?From what I?ve been told she was moaning. And they didn?t know what was wrong with her.?

A nurse who was there apparently delivered the baby, according to the source, adding the infant was born healthy and alive.

The patient required around the clock care and would not have been able to convey she was pregnant. Many would have been able to access her room, the source said.

The facility changed protocol this week, she added, telling the station a male staff member needs to bring a female employee with them to enter a woman?s room.

Investigators from multiple agencies are saying next to nothing about the case, but the station reported that at some point last spring or summer, someone sexually assaulted a woman who was in a persistent vegetative state, and she became pregnant.

Hacienda HealthCare spokeswoman Nancy Salmon released the following statement after KPHO/KTVK asked about the case.


The Arizona Department of Health Services also released a statement.


The Arizona Department of Economic Security released this statement.


Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said ?the matter is currently under investigation.?

Founded as Hacienda de Los Angeles in 1967, Hacienda HealthCare describes itself on its website as ?the leading provider of specialized medical care and social services for Arizona?s infants, children and young adults who are medically fragile or chronically ill, including those with developmental disabilities.?

