4 NKY hospital workers convicted for abusing a patient Share Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 27, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:48 PM EDT May 27, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff WLWT Digital Staff Four employees of Saint Elizabeth s Hospital in Edgewood were charged and sentenced for abusing an elderly patient.Ellyssa Klein, 28, and Sandra Nobbe, 31, Gary Ray, 74, and Ashley Flower, 33, were all arrested after an investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control.The investigation found the defendants helped each other improperly restrain an elderly patient in the Behavioral Health Unit in July 2015.At the time, Klein and Nobbe were both certified nursing assistants with the hospital s Behavioral Health Unit. Ray and Flower were registered nurses at the hospital.The attorney general s office said the