Suffering from dental surgery complications, Rachel Mermel was transported to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in June 2022. Her family, from Middlesex County, is suing the Special Children's Center in Lakewood for medical neglect and abuse. In previous stories, she has been identified as Leah to protect her privacy.
Group homes operators would face fines for the first time when workers have physically abused or neglected people with developmental disabilities in their care, under a bill unanimously approved by a Senate committee Monday.
Relatives of injured group home residents wept before Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee as they described their frustration at not seeing any consequences for the workers and state-licensed agencies responsible for harming their loved ones.
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