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The woman assaulted by D. Drew Douglas, also Class of 2000, originally contacted the peer counseling group Response. Upon their advice, she says she steered clear of UHS and headed to Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, whose rape crisis intervention center is among the best in the region.
When the woman assaulted by Douglas first reported her attack, she says she quickly realized that UHS officials were not sufficiently trained to help her.
"The person I talked to who answered the phone at UHS at 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning had no idea how to deal with me--and there was, according to the voice on the phone, no one else around who could take my call," she wrote in an e...
"UHS was devoid of resources for sexual assault victims: there is no rape crisis center," she added.
According to Nadja B. Gould, a clinical social worker at UHS, the College's medical services does not treat enough rape victims each year to maintain staff members trained in specialized rape crisis procedures. UHS used to offer 24-hour rape counseling, but now Gould says while there are always...