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May 5, 2022 Administrator Oregon State Hospital Junction City 29398 Recovery Way Junction City, OR 97448 Re: CMS Certification Number: Conditions of Participation Not Met Removed Deemed Status 90-day Termination Track READ – full formatted version of this 134 page report (PDF) Dear Administrator: On January 17, 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (State survey agency) […]
From The Oregonian, February 21, 2022 Universal Health Services is giving up on its planned psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville due to what it called “untenable” conditions put on the project by state regulators. The company notified the Oregon Health Authority on Friday that it is withdrawing its proposal to build a $50 million, 100-bed facility […]
KOIN.com Nov 20, 2021 A federal judge has granted a restraining order against the Oregon State Hospital (OSH) after two inmates filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force their transport to the hospital and $1.3 million damages. On Nov. 9, 2021, Joshawn Douglas-Simpson and Jarod Bowman filed the complaint against OSH after both men’s court […]
Lund Report – September 28, 2021 Disability Rights Oregon staff have found Oregon State Hospital in dire condition and heard repeated warnings from hospital staff and providers about a facility stretched to the breaking point that fails to care for patients. The advocacy group found worsening problems at the hospital, the state’s principal secure mental […]
More Articles On This Subject – With 30 National Guard members, help is on the way for Oregon State Hospital’s staffing crisis – Salem Reporter June 3 2021 ‘The state did not follow through.’ As Oregon State Hospital brings on National Guard staffers, others recall facility’s long-term problems – Oregonian June 4 2021 30 National […]
By Tanner Aliff. For The Register-Guard, March 6, 2021 It took a while for me to get used to the screaming of handcuffed patients spastically yelling murderous threats at their police escorts as they wheeled them through the emergency room. It didn’t faze the veteran nurses — probably didn’t even crack their top 50 memorable […]
Discharged Portland patient, found handcuffed and shivering in ambulance bay, plans to sue Unity psychiatric hospital Oregonian – November 23, 2020 An attorney for a man ordered out of Portland’s psychiatric hospital a year ago and left handcuffed in the ambulance bay while police were called has filed a notice of intent to sue Unity […]
Sent by email January 19, 2021 Dear Governor Brown, First, thank you again for appearing virtually at our December 2020 Oregon Housing Conference to welcome the 450+ attendees. Your comments were thoughtful in the midst of the crisis of our lifetime. Members and supporters of the Mental Health Association of Portland appreciate your concern for […]
Oregon Addiction Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, December 2020 The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides national and state-level data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs (including the non-medical use of prescription drugs) and mental health in the United States. Information from NSDUH is […]
From the Corvallis Advocate, JANUARY 9, 2021 by Andy Thompson Editor’s Note: The names and other identifying information of the family in this story have been changed For family and other onlookers, a psychotic break can look like someone that’s suddenly devolved into delusional thoughts or paranoia, and even hallucinations. Angela Jaffrey puts it this […]
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