The Teen Mom star might claim that she’s doing better, but the popular celebrity treatment center she was staying at may have been a dangerous place to be.
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First, there was 55-year-old
Richard Lecce, who was found "unconscious but still breathing" after he hung himself "by the heck with a belt." But he quickly died minutes later, reported
RadarOnline.
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According to the lawsuit filed by his family November in Pima County Superior Court, the horrifying incident was part of a “much larger, ongoing pattern of negligence and conscious disregard of substantial risk of catastrophic harm to a very vulnerable population, their own patients and their families." The case is still ongoing.
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Another patient met his tragic death that August, after he hung himself with his shoelaces. He was 59 years old.
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But the center's deaths don't stop there. Another patient was found dead by hanging — despite his wife informing the facility of his suicidal intent — for which Sierra Tucson was fined $2,000 after the treatment center failed to take action.
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The treatment center was slapped with yet another lawsuit, this time for wrongful death, after a 20-year-old patient was found dead due to drug toxicity. The report claims that the staff failed to follow suicide protocol and did not correctly check his vital signs.
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The rehab center announced in an official statement that they are taking the devastating incidents "extremely seriously" and that they're reviewing what happened to see if they can "can make improvements that might enhance the quality of patient care."
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First, there was 55-year-old
Richard Lecce, who was found "unconscious but still breathing" after he hung himself "by the heck with a belt." But he quickly died minutes later, reported
RadarOnline.
Photo credit: Splash News
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According to the lawsuit filed by his family November in Pima County Superior Court, the horrifying incident was part of a “much larger, ongoing pattern of negligence and conscious disregard of substantial risk of catastrophic harm to a very vulnerable population, their own patients and their families." The case is still ongoing.
Photo credit: Splash News
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Another patient met his tragic death that August, after he hung himself with his shoelaces. He was 59 years old.
Photo credit: Splash News
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But the center's deaths don't stop there. Another patient was found dead by hanging — despite his wife informing the facility of his suicidal intent — for which Sierra Tucson was fined $2,000 after the treatment center failed to take action.
Photo credit: Splash News
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The treatment center was slapped with yet another lawsuit, this time for wrongful death, after a 20-year-old patient was found dead due to drug toxicity. The report claims that the staff failed to follow suicide protocol and did not correctly check his vital signs.
Photo credit: Splash News
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The rehab center announced in an official statement that they are taking the devastating incidents "extremely seriously" and that they're reviewing what happened to see if they can "can make improvements that might enhance the quality of patient care."
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