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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBU.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson will begin calculating $500 daily fines for each person left waiting in a local jail more than a week before admission to the state’s psychiatric hospital. -
Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBNew state website supports longstanding complaints that hospitals have become a stopgap for holes in the Oregon mental health system.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek replaced the head of the Oregon State Hospital Friday night after she said state health officials shared more details about a recent fatality at the hospital. -
New report from a state work group offers dozens of suggestions to improve Oregon’s civil commitment process -
After investigating, federal inspectors found the state-run psychiatric hospital could have done more to prevent two patient deaths. -
The union that represents registered nurses at Oregon State Hospital has filed more than 200 grievances in the past month. -
A final report on the state’s residential facility capacity says the state needs to be able to treat 3,700 more people by the fall of 2025; a draft report cited less than 3,000. -
Hospital staff will check patients immediately upon arrival and ensure life-saving medical equipment is properly maintained. -
The psychiatric hospital is reviewing its in-person visitation policies as Oregon State Police investigate the overdose. -
A federal investigation found the hospital failed to keep patients safe from assault. Investigators documented a choking attack, injuries and sexual assaults. -
Oregon State Hospital staff left a patient unattended in a van with keys in the ignition on Aug. 30, which allowed the patient charged with attempted murder to drive off and lead police on a chase along Interstate 5, according to a report from federal regulators. -
Federal regulators have given the Oregon State Hospital just 23 days to change how it transports patients, after a daring August escape left one caregiver with minor injuries and a state van stolen. -
Escaped Oregon State Hospital patient Christopher Pray is back in police custody after a madcap 36 hours that began with stealing a van while in shackles and ended with firefighters tugging him out of a muddy pond with a rope. -
A handcuffed and shackled Oregon State Hospital patient with pending felony charges stole a van and escaped from the state-run psychiatric hospital in Salem late Wednesday night, commandeering it southbound on Interstate 5.
