"The 159-year-old hospital has long served as a safety net for some of the city's poorest and most vulnerable residents, with some living at Laguna Honda for years. Nursing home reform supporters with the Gray Panthers, a group of advocates focused on long-term care and other issues facing older San Franciscans, estimate that the city has had to pay nearly $12 million in fines and lawsuit settlements relating to the sexual abuse scandal."
"San Francisco is poised to pay out $5.8 million after reaching a settlement in a lawsuit claiming staff at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center took explicit photos of patients and disseminated them for non-medical purposes, along with other abuse and privacy violations. "This on its face says, 'Look, you had a systemic problem. This was going on and this was hurting everybody,'""
San Francisco agreed to a $5.8 million settlement after allegations that Laguna Honda staff took explicit patient photos and shared them for non-medical purposes, along with other abuse and privacy violations. Plaintiffs' counsel characterized the misconduct as systemic and said the class action aims to prompt social change. The long-standing public hospital serves many vulnerable residents and advocacy groups estimate nearly $12 million in related fines and settlements tied to a sexual abuse scandal. Facility responses included firing implicated staff and reorganizing leadership. A city attorney spokesperson called the class-action settlement an appropriate response, and further on-site incidents occurred in 2021.
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