ALLEGED ASSAULTED BY HOSPICE WORKER 11-04-2010

AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED BY A HOSPICE WORKER IN GUNNISON ON WEDNESDAY. BOLIVAR COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY THE VICTIM IN THE CASE IS AN 86-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND HER SISTER, 84-YEARS-OLD. WEDNESDAY MORNING, A HOSPICE WORKER BEGAN ATTACKING HER 86-YEAR-OLD CLIENT, WHO SUFFERS FROM HEART CONDITIONS.  AUTHORITIES SAY THE VICTIM'S 84-YEAR-OLD SISTER TRIED TO STOP THE ATTACK BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  WHEN THE HOSPICE WORKER LEFT THE HOME, THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY CALLED HER RELATIVES, WHO GOT HER MEDICAL ATTENTION.  AUTHORITIES SAY CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE HOSPICE WORKER WHO THEY SAY IS EMPLOYED AT ANGEL OF MERCY HOSPICE IN ROSEDALE.

WABG HAS SPOKEN WITH THE ATTORNEY OF ANGEL OF MERCY HOSPICE WHO SAYS THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF OF THE WORK SCHEDULE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION.