The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Yaba, Lagos State, says it has witnessed a 100 percent increase in admissions for psychiatric patients in 2023. Olugbenga Owoeye, the hospital’s Chief Medical ...
Oregon State Hospital in Salem has paused admissions to protect patients as it deals with a COVID-19 outbreak. The hospital has had 29 new COVID-19 patients since Dec. 29, according to a Jan. 4 letter ...
A judge has issued the first $161,000 fine to the state for flouting a long-standing federal court order that it admit criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital within seven days of a ...
Massachusetts halted admissions to Lowell (Mass.) Treatment Center, a psychiatric hospital owned by Arbour Health System in Pembroke, Mass., after finding patient safety lapses, according to The ...
The number of state psychiatric hospital beds has hit a historic low with about 11 beds per 100,000 population, a new report showed. More than half of those beds (52%) were occupied by forensic ...