Anthrax Suspect Was Involuntarily Committed

Specifically, a month before his death according to documents obtained by the Smoking Gun. This story is going to be on Lifetime no doubt. Also a therapist  Jean Carol Duley from the Psychiatric Hospital where Ivins was committed filed a protective order against Ivins.
From a taped excerpt found here.

Duley: As far back as the year 2000, [...]

Broken Laws, Broken Lives, the report

Now we have documented medical evidence that the Bush administration has committed war crimes, and in this instance the claims of abuse and torture may not be so easliy dismissed by Bush and his co-conspirators.  Physicians for Human Rights, an advocacy group based in Cambridge, Mass released today, the most extensive, comprehensive  report to date on the treatment of former terror suspects.  [...]

John Umstead nurse beaten severely by male patient

John Umstead Hospital has had it’s share of issues, which were made public the end of last year after almost losing Federal funding for safety violations for both patient and staff. Now after this unfortunate incident maybe the employee concerns will be heard instead of dismissed. State funding cuts have clearly put staff at risk and understandability this is [...]

Health worker: Butner hospital opening is ‘heading for a train wreck’

 
Take a  look at a recent article from the News and Observer concerning a newly released report that the Department of Health and Human Services sat on for two weeks. One can only conclude they are aware of the alleged worker issues and safety concerns.
Reports hammer mental health care
Two panels appointed by the Easley administration to review North Carolina’s [...]

CNN Covers Elite’s Depopulation Program


Will Central Regional ever open?

The plan was to open in March, then May now July isn’t looking  promising. Recent reports are problematic, the hospital is not attracting qualified staff.
State mental health administrators are accelerating plans to open a psychiatric hospital in Butner despite internal projections showing severe shortages of qualified staff.
 With patients due to arrive at Central Regional Hospital in about [...]

Dorothea Dix Employees fight to keep hospital Open

Employees rally to keep hospital open
By Heather Moore -  News 14
 RALEIGH — Workers at Dorothea Dix Hospital are continuing their fight to keep the Raleigh mental health hospital open. They say uncertainty about the future of Dorothea Dix and when it will close is scaring away employees, putting more burden on the rest of the [...]