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Staffer Who Sexually Abused Tarzana Hospital Patients Gets Prison
A fugitive for more than a decade, nursing assistant Ramon Eduardo Rodas Gaspar sexually abused patients coming out of surgery.

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A fugitive for more than a decade, nursing assistant Ramon Eduardo Rodas Gaspar sexually abused patients coming out of surgery.

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