PAOLA, Kan. (AP) — Officials in an eastern Kansas county say they’re frustrated by safety problems at a state mental hospital that recently lost Medicare funding.

Federal officials said last month that the Medicare program would stop paying for patient care at Osawatomie State Hospital because the hospital falls short of meeting federal regulations.

Miami County Commissioner Rob Roberts said at a meeting Wednesday that some of the issues “are not ones that anyone in our county should be proud of.”

Among numerous issues cited by federal inspectors was a report that an employee was raped by a patient in October.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Kelli Ludlum with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services spoke before the Miami County Commission and rejected findings that there was “systemic failure” at the hospital.