In case there were questions as to the potentially anecdotal nature of my previous post on the poor quality of patient care by Universal Health Services, the nation's largest provider of psychiatric care, this article may lay those fears to rest:
"In Sherman, workers at a psychiatric ward dropped a suicidal patient off at a bus stop; a day later he was found dead after jumping from a Dallas bridge. In San Angelo, hospital employees created infection risks by leaving an observation room covered in vomit and a kitchen black with grease and dead bugs. And in Austin, male nurses stripped a teenage sex-abuse victim and shut her in solitary confinement, naked... Across Texas and around the country, government inspectors investigating patient complaints cited 44 of the company’s hospitals for dangerously poor care or unsafe conditions between 2012 and mid-2015, according to data from the federal Department of Health and Human Services... Inspectors found safety breaches at 13 of the company’s 26 such facilities in Texas, the hospital company’s largest market."
UHS company officials continue to characterize their record as excellent.
"In Sherman, workers at a psychiatric ward dropped a suicidal patient off at a bus stop; a day later he was found dead after jumping from a Dallas bridge. In San Angelo, hospital employees created infection risks by leaving an observation room covered in vomit and a kitchen black with grease and dead bugs. And in Austin, male nurses stripped a teenage sex-abuse victim and shut her in solitary confinement, naked... Across Texas and around the country, government inspectors investigating patient complaints cited 44 of the company’s hospitals for dangerously poor care or unsafe conditions between 2012 and mid-2015, according to data from the federal Department of Health and Human Services... Inspectors found safety breaches at 13 of the company’s 26 such facilities in Texas, the hospital company’s largest market."
UHS company officials continue to characterize their record as excellent.
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