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April 27, 2020Des Moines, Iowa |  By: AP

Top doctor resigns from troubled Iowa center for disabled

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The medical director at a state-run institution for people with intellectual disabilities has resigned amid questions about the care residents received at the Glenwood Resource Center in southwest Iowa.

The Des Moines Register reports that documents from the Iowa Department of Human Services show that Dr. Mohammamd Rehman resigned Friday from the Glenwood facility.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating allegations that the former Glenwood superintendent was planning to conduct human sexual arousal experiments and had begun questionable hydration therapy on patients.

The department also is looking into a death rate that concerned employees.