DAVE COLLINS
Associated Press Writer
HARTFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut woman who lost her hands and much of her face when she was mauled by a chimpanzee has moved from an Ohio hospital to a Boston-area assisted-living center, where she plans to continue rehabilitation and hopes for more reconstructive surgery, her family’s lawyer said Friday.
Bill Monaco, an attorney for the family of Charla Nash, told The Associated Press that Nash was discharged from the Cleveland Clinic on Thursday night and flown by private plane to the Boston area. He said the family is trying to keep her location private.
“She’s going to be learning some skills necessary to become independent,” said Monaco, who works out of Hauppauge, N.Y., on Long Island. “She needs a rehab facility while they assess what they can do for her in the future.”