3 behavioral health employees arrested for leaving patient in Arizona park

Three employees of Valleywise Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix were arrested Aug. 25 for allegedly abusing a patient in their care, AZ Central reported Aug. 30.

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Phoenix police responded to a call July 22 reporting the abuse of a patient living with quadriplegia, who the three employees allegedly took out of the hospital and left in a nearby park in his wheelchair, during the hottest month on record in Arizona.

Valleywise Health did not respond to AZ Central’s request for comment.

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