Universal Health Services: D.C. Council to Examine Abuses at Psychiatric Institute of Washington
October 28, 2024
The District’s only for-profit psychiatric hospital is rife with incidents of abuse and neglect, leaving many patients traumatized and distrustful of the mental health system, according to a recent report from a disability rights watchdog.
Incidents documented by Disability Rights DC include the arrest of a staffer at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington who allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old patient and multiple patient-on-patient assaults that sent patients to the emergency room with broken bones.
Read the entire story here.
No comments.
Post your own comment here: