SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s largest mental hospital didn’t properly notify the state Department of Health about reports that a nursing assistant had inappropriate photos of a psychiatric patient on his personal phone, a spokeswoman said Monday. “We did fail to timely report an allegation of patient abuse by a former staff member to DOH,” Kathy Spears, spokeswoman for the Department of Social and Health Services, which runs Western State Hospital, told The Associated Press in an email. The alleged photo discovery was made on Oct.
Mental Hospital Failed To Report Possible Patient Abuse
MARTHA BELLISLE, Associated Press, The Columbian
Mon, 11/07/2016 - 12:22pm
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