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Federal regulators plan to cite Cherry Hospital after a patient at the state psychiatric facility escaped three weeks ago, state officials said Friday.
Gov. Beverly Perdue and other state officials on Friday broke ground on a new state mental hospital in Goldsboro.
On the day before Gov. Bev Perdue and local leaders planned a celebration to break ground on a new state hospital in Goldsboro, a disability advocates' group challenged the need for the facility.
A surveillance video showed the scene that ultimately cost O'Tonious Raynor his job at Cherry Hospital, but his work history might get him his job back.
Kevin Dunn was released from his position as a mental health technician after an internal investigation into a matter in which Dunn placed a pillow over a 22-year-old male patient's face to help restrain him.
The hospital stood to lose an estimated $800,000 following the incident last month in which a mental health technician and a patient.
urses and administrators of Cherry Hospital are the targets of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Steven Howard Sabock.
The secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says workers at a troubled state mental hospital will be retrained following an allegation of unreported abuse.
Federal regulators have cited Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro for failure to investigate a case of abuse in a timely matter.
A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said a patient assaulted a health care technician at the Goldsboro facility on Friday.
The state Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the death of a Cherry Hospital mental health patient.
Taniko Dominique Upton, 33, and William Kenneth Johnson, 52, were convicted of misdemeanor simple assault on a handicapped person.
The new director of one of the state's troubled mental hospitals said Friday he was drawn to the job because of the problems the facility faces, not in spite of them.
Four employees have been placed on leave while North Carolina officials investigate a patient neglect case at a mental hospital in Goldsboro.
Four employees have been placed on leave while North Carolina officials investigate a patient neglect case at a mental hospital in Goldsboro.
To reduce problems that have plagued North Carolina's psychiatric hospitals, state officials have instituted a zero-tolerance policy toward employees found to have abused or neglected patients.
A special state prosecutor has reviewed evidence and charged three former Cherry Hospital hospital workers with severely beating a patient in 2006.
North Carolina regulators are investigating nurses at a state mental hospital where a patient died after being ignored for nearly a day.
Cherry Hospital has come under fire in recent months for a patient's death, criminal charges against employees and loss of federal funding.
Perry J. Butler, 36, of 204 S. Church St. in Mt. Olive, was a health care technician at the institution when the incident occurred on Nov. 4, documents show.
Taniko Dominique Upton, 33, and William Kenneth Johnson, 52, were both convicted of misdemeanor simple assault on a handicapped person.
Poor training, understaffing and confusing work policies were to blame for an incident in which a patient was improperly restrained at Central Regional Hospital, several workers on paid leave say.
Some state lawmakers are calling for harsher disciplinary action for employees who were both directly and indirectly responsible for neglecting a Cherry Hospital patient who died after 22 hours sitting essentially unattended in the same chair.
Department officials say the problems they are experiencing are systemic and that they are working hard to fix them.
Two workers have resigned and three others have been fired in connection with the incident involving 50-year-old Steven Sabock, WRAL News has learned.
Video released Tuesday shows workers at Cherry Hospital dancing and playing cards as 50-year-old Steven Howard Sabock sits unattended for nearly 24 hours before he dies.
The Department of Health and Human Services must reallocate $8 million to $10 million in its budget to cover expenses associated with Medicare and Medicaid patients at Cherry Hospital.
An independent consulting firm says hospital leadership has not demonstrated they are up to the challenge of managing change.
State Health and Human Services Secretary Dempsey Benton said Friday he will do whatever it takes to bring a Goldsboro mental health facility to the highest standards of care.
North Carolina will lose approximately $800,000 per month in Medicaid and Medicare receipts usually generated by patients at a Goldsboro mental health hospital that lost its provider status earlier this month.
A team reviewing the state mental health facility in Goldsboro is recommending that insurance reimbursements for government programs be withdrawn.
Advocates for patients say the state's mental health system needs restructuring and more funding.
The state secretary of health and human services has ordered an independent review of a Goldsboro mental hospital where an unattended patient died after choking on medication.
Two health-care technicians and two nurses have lost their jobs following accusations they were involved in the beating of a mental health patient.
Entry-level workers make about $23,000 a year. Sen. Martin Nesbitt says he's worried some of those employees have little concern for patients.
Health-care technicians Taniko Dominique Upton, 33, and William Kenneth Johnson, 52, were charged Friday with simple assault on a handicapped person, which is a misdemeanor.
State officials are disciplining a Goldsboro mental hospital's staff and closing one of the facility's wards following the death of a patient who was left unattended for nearly a day.
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