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Alecto

American  
[uh-lek-toh] / əˈlɛk toʊ /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. one of the Furies.


Alecto British  
/ əˈlɛktəʊ /

noun

  1. Greek myth one of the three Furies; the others are Megaera and Tisiphone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Angelucci has urged West Virginia’s Republican governor, Jim Justice, to issue an executive order requiring Alecto Healthcare, the California-based for-profit chain that owns the hospital, to keep the facility open.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2020

Alecto shut the doors on March 19, despite local leaders’ pleas that the hospital should stay open to weather the pandemic.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2020

Alecto also at times fell behind on payments for employees’ health insurance, so their coverage lapsed, according to multiple former staff members.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2020

Alecto purchased Fairmont Regional Medical Center while it was in bankruptcy in 2014, and bought the larger Ohio Valley Medical Center and East Ohio Regional Hospital in 2017.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2020

They were usually represented as three: Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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