Heavy Petting

"[Van Otterloo] is subject to disciplinary action," wrote Terry, "in that [Van Otterloo] committed gross negligence and displayed incompetence in his treatment of patient Robert W."

HCA officials removed Van Otterloo from his nursing position after the BRN's decision—they had to. But HCA officials did not seem to care about his crime or Robert W. when tipped off by its own employees, according a confidential, undated report prepared by the HCA's Juvenile Health Services division. A nurse at Los Pinos Conservation Camp, where Robert W. stayed, testified in the report that "no one from HCA was interested in what I witnessed. It made me sick to see minor . . . laying in a fetal position on the floor, withdrawn—he told me that Kevin told him not to talk to me or share any problem with me. Meanwhile, management at Juv. Hall medical unit where [sic] collecting $ for Kevin—showing no concern for minor. I never recieved [sic] any support from management, neither did the minor involved," the nurse concluded. "We are probably both scarred to this day."