Speech segmentation is challenging, since the cues typically present for segmenting text (headers, paragraphs, punctuation) are absent in spoken language. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.A crucial step in processing speech audio data for information-extraction, topic detection, or browsing/playback is to segment the input into sentence and topic units. Perry Petrilli, the current chief executive for Hacienda Healthcare, issued a statement saying employees cooperated with law enforcement authorities, have kept the victim and her family in their thoughts and that “we are relieved that he will never again torment another innocent human being.”Ĭopyright 2021 The Associated Press. The state of Arizona settled last summer for $7.5 million. The doctor’s insurer has argued it has no obligation to pay that amount. Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse, was fired by Hacienda after his arrest and has since given up his nursing license.Ī judge has approved a $15 million settlement against a doctor who cared for the woman for 26 years while she lived at Hacienda Healthcare. She was also left with no functional use of her limbs. Her medical conditions stem from a brain disorder that caused motor and cognitive impairments and vision loss. The victim lived at Hacienda for 26 years, until the child’s birth. They said the victim, who has a feeding tube and whose nutrition was reduced in response to her weight gain during the pregnancy, delivered the boy while severely dehydrated and without pain medications. The family’s lawyers said Hacienda missed signs that the woman was carrying a baby, pointing out that she had gained weight, had a swollen stomach and missed menstrual periods in the months before the child was born. An expert on behalf of her family has said many of Sutherland’s encounters with the patient occurred overnight, when fewer staff members and visitors were around.
It led to a lawsuit from the victim’s parents that alleged Sutherland had cared for their daughter on hundreds of occasions from 2012 through 2018, despite promises from the state - which contracts with companies like Hacienda to provide services to people with developmental disabilities - that only women would tend to her. The surprise birth triggered reviews by state agencies, highlighted safety concerns for patients who are severely disabled or incapacitated and prompted the resignations of Hacienda’s chief executive and one of the victim’s doctors. “You didn’t deserve to be hurt no matter what was going on in my personal life and the demons I was fighting. “To the victim, I am sorry,” Sutherland said.
He also offered apologies to the victim and her family and said he understands the situation isn’t fair to the child, either. The victim’s mother is the boy’s guardian.īefore the punishment was handed down, Sutherland told the judge about the problems in his life that resulted from being put up for adoption as a child. Police have said Sutherland’s DNA matched a sample taken from the woman’s son.
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