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Police Seek DNA Of Male Staffers At Facility Where Vegetative Patient Gave Birth

Hacienda HealthCare is facing investigations after a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative state gave birth. Police Tuesday served the facility with a search warrant for DNA evidence.
A Hacienda HealthCare location in Phoenix, where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth to a child last month. Police are now investigating the incident.

Phoenix police are collecting DNA evidence from all male employees of Hacienda HealthCare, where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth to a child Dec. 29.

Police served the long-term care facility with a search warrant Tuesday, the Associated Press "We will continue to cooperate with Phoenix Police and all other investigative agencies to uncover the facts in this deeply disturbing, but unprecedented situation,"

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