Tag: STATE HOSPITAL

State hospital must work with counties to help patients return to communities, expert’s report says

The Oregon State Hospital on May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon State Hospital must work with counties across the state to help patients return to community settings, expand its substance abuse treatment and produce more frequent data on court-ordered admissions, according to a report by an expert the[Read More…]

Feds threaten to pull certification from Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City campus

Oregon State Hospital’s Salem campus. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Federal regulators have threatened to yank the certification for Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City unit if it doesn’t immediately fix multiple problems at that campus, including suspected sexual assault, attacks and a lack of supervision. The Oregon Health Authority, which manages the[Read More…]

Contracted state hospital worker punches patient following racist slurs, hospital reports say

The Oregon State Hospital on May 28, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A contracted worker at Oregon State Hospital last month punched a patient who moments before had hurled racist slurs at the staffer. Erik Banks, the contracted mental health technician, was “removed from our facility and instructed not to return,”[Read More…]

Most activities resuming at Oregon State Hospital as Covid numbers fall

Oregon State Hospital (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Regular treatments and activities are resuming at the Oregon State Hospital’s Salem campus as a Covid outbreak that has sickened hundreds of patients and employees over the past two months is now winding down. The hospital is lifting additional restrictions imposed during the omicron[Read More…]

State hospital must produce data on court-ordered admissions, outside expert’s report says

(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The Oregon State Hospital by spring will have to produce data showing progress in admitting people with mental illnesses for court-ordered treatment on time, according to a report by an outside expert the state brought in to address the hospital’s capacity issues. The hospital will have to[Read More…]

Seaside man sues state hospital, DHS, alleging sexual abuse by psychiatric aide in late 1990s

(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of physical and sexual violence against children. A Seaside man is suing Oregon State Hospital, claiming he was sexually abused as a patient in the late 1990s by a psychiatric aide who was later convicted of sexually abusing three underage boys[Read More…]

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