Department Of Justice Issues Scathing Report On Psychiatric Hospital
The LA Times reports that the Napa Valley State Psychiatric hospital “fails to protect it’s 1,100 patients from harm”.
One patient choked another violently to death. Another killed himself after being left isolated in their room for more than 4 hours. The report also alleges that patients overdosed on amphetamines and cocaine while in treatment at the hospital while another was found to be taking heroin. It was also found that the hospital regularly wrongly medicated its patients.
It was also reported that the California state department of mental health was refusing to cooperate with Federal investigators potentially trying to hide this damning evidence that their system is harming patients instead of helping them.
Since a report was first issued and the state mental health agencies refusal to cooperate 4 patients have died in their care including an 18 year old girl.
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