Mission Hospital Gets Funds for Rape Center
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Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sylmar) delivered a check for $500,000 to Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City on Friday to create the first rape treatment and services center in the San Fernando Valley.
The Legislature funded the Sexual Assault Response Team last month.
“Right now, sexual assault victims have to be treated in downtown L.A.,” Katz said. “It’s clear that the Valley is a central location where victims can get the treatment they need and investigators will be able to collect the evidence.”
About 500 rapes were reported in the Valley last year.
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