St. E's Decried As 'Dirty' and 'Deadly' ; Deaths, Assaults, Starvation Cited
The Washington Times › April 10, 2007
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One patient was killed, another appeared starved to death and hundreds of assaults occurred amid worsening conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital during the past year, according to a recently filed court document.
The 47-page document filed by the federally chartered watchdog group University Legal Services (ULS) cites dozens of depositions and thousands of pages of internal memos. Group officials also told a judge yesterday the city's mental institution remains "unsafe, unsanitary and understaffed."See the full content of this document
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St. E's Decried As 'Dirty' and 'Deadly' ; Deaths, Assaults, Starvation Cited
The group filed the document in federal court in the District and wants an immediate court order mandating the city take steps to fix the troubled hospital.
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