Northside Hospital-Forsyth has taken a step forward in sexual assault treatment. The hospital's Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) program acquired in September a camera and software used to document and encrypt evidence found on the bodies of sexual assault victims. Susan Sweeney, the hospital's SANE coordinator, said the new equipment can detect bruising under the skin's surface, sometimes days before it appears to the naked eye. "Suppose we have a domestic violence patient come in ...

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