By Yuxing Zheng, The Oregonian, Sept. 11, 2013 State officials have agreed to a $1.4 million settlement with the family of a patient at the Oregon State Hospital who died in his room but wasn’t discovered for hours. Moises Perez, 42, died in October 2009, of coronary artery disease and had recently complained of chest […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, December 29, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital patient apparently committed suicide Monday night in a single-person bedroom in the hospital’s forensic psychiatric program, officials said Tuesday. The female patient died on Ward 50I, a medium-security forensic unit that houses more than two-dozen men and women. A staffer reportedly found the […]
From the Oregonian, December 28, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital patient was found dead in her room Monday night from apparent suicide, officials said Tuesday. Citing privacy laws, officials declined to name the patient. A fellow patient at the hospital, Chris Crawford told The Oregonian her name was Elisabeth Sellars and Sellars’ attorney, Harris Matarazzo, […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, September 28, 2010 Deal saves lawsuit costs; mental-health advocates critical A doctor at the Oregon State Hospital who claimed he was forced to resign after an investigation into a patient death returned to work Monday at the Salem psychiatric facility. Dr. Michael Robinson has resumed patient care duties under terms […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, September 24, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital doctor failed to examine a mental patient whose “excessive bleeding” later required surgery at Salem Hospital, according to a state investigation report released Thursday. READ – Offices of Investigations and Training report on Dr. Alexander Horwitz, issued July 28, 2010 Dr. Alexander Horwitz […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, July 9, 2010 An Oregon State Hospital physician who was in charge of medical care on the ward where a patient died in October has resigned, the hospital’s interim superintendent Nena Strickland said Friday in an e-mail. The e-mail was sent to the hospital’s advisory board. Dr. Michael Robinson’s resignation […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 26, 2010 $175,000 contract aims to help improve mental health care The state has hired a Pennsylvania-based firm to conduct a $175,000 “quality and compliance” review aimed at improving patient care at Oregon State Hospital. Liberty Healthcare’s looming review of the Salem psychiatric facility follows a series of investigations […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 9, 2010 Anna Richter Taylor is wrong – mental health services are NOT a priority for Governor Ted Kulongoski. Under his watch and with his approval, state legislators mis-directed the future of funding for desperately needed outpatient services to unneeded and unwanted hospitals. This misdirection satisfies public employee unions […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 9, 2010 A shakeup is continuing at the Oregon State Hospital in the wake of a state investigation that found the hospital neglected a patient who died at the Salem psychiatric facility last fall. Dr. Michael Robinson, a psychiatrist who oversaw the treatment of Moises Perez on hospital Ward […]
According to The Oregonian, Moises Perez‘ death at Oregon State Hospital in October 2009 was preceded a year earlier by the suicide of another patient, David Morse. Both were on Ward 50F, and both were being treated by the same psychiatrist, Dr. Michael Robinson. Despite two tragedies only a year apart, a report released to […]
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