Is Napa State Hospital a Safe Place?
Linda, Thought you would want to see this. Letters to the editor would be good. The psychiatrists are in the background handing out the bogus “diagnosis” and the drugs, but it’s typically the nursing staff or technicians or lack of funds (these places get plenty of funding) that get reported on. Jane FAMILIES HAVE LITTLE RECOURSE Jim Doyle, Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writers Sunday, July 22, 2001 2001 San Francisco Chronicle Several unnatural deaths at Napa State Hospital in recent years raise serious questions about the quality of care at the hospital. But families who have protested the deaths of their sons, or sued the hospital in federal and state courts, have found little relief. They insist that the state Department of Mental Health and the judicial system pay scant attention to their complaints. … CRIMINALLY INSANE TAKING OVER STATE HOSPITALS Violent patients assault infirm, elderly, even staff — at times with deadly consequences Jim Doyle, Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff
