Crime & Safety
Slater Hospital Nursing Assistant Guilty Of Patient Abuse: AG
Both victims were at the Zambarano unit and were described as "non-verbal." One was immobile.
BURRILLVILLE, RI—A woman with Huntington's disease was one of two patients abused by a nursing assistant at the Slater Hospital, Zambarano Unit, the state Attorney General's Office said Wednesday. The nursing assistant, Linda Proietti, 42, of Danielson, Conn., was convicted Tuesday after a week-long trial in Providence Superior Court. She was charged with one count of felony patient abuse in a healthcare facility and two counts of misdemeanor patient abuse in a healthcare facility, the Attorney General's office said.
According to court papers, Proietti verbally and physically assaulted a male patient who was described as "non-verbal and immobile." She was also convicted of verbally abusing a woman patient, described as non-verbal. The incidents happened between Aug. 1, 2015 and Jan. 25, 2016.
Proietti was released on $5,000 surety bail and will be sentenced May 25.
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