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Published: 2013-01-07 17:22:20
Updated: 2013-01-07 17:22:20

Posted: January 7

Patient death at mental hospital under investigation

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Butner, N.C. — A patient at Central Regional Hospital, a state mental facility in Butner, died Saturday, officials said Monday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Aldona Wos has requested a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death, officials said.

No other details were released.

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Central Regional was decertified many times. The staff in Butner work 12 hour shifts there some days of the week and 12 hour shifts at the prison or Murdoch other days of the week to earn enough to live decently. When it's still not enough, they do outside respite in homes or at the nearby hospitals. It doesn't bode well for quality of care. And while alot of people don't think the mentally handicapped should receive any services, they forget that behind every handicapped person are parents, grandparents, and siblings who are working and paying taxes.
almagayle50
January 9, 2013 3:25 p.m.
Half the employers there are former patients and the shrinks need to be.
bubbba
January 8, 2013 11:39 a.m.
raleighlynn, please tell me HOW asking a question is making a false allegation?

IT ISN'T. Don't be so quick to make your own.
Click to view my profile Scubagirl
January 8, 2013 8:51 a.m.
What?! NC still has a mental hospital?
ctkane
January 8, 2013 8:37 a.m.
I do not think this has anything to do with gov't healthcare. I think this has more to do with people that have such disregard for human life that they would allow someone to die and think it would not matter because they are mentally ill.
labluvher
January 8, 2013 8:24 a.m.
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