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Local News Story
Independent firm to evaluate mental hospital
Raleigh, NC, 08.30.2008
AP
North Carolina's top mental health official has ordered an independent review of a Goldsboro health hospital where an unattended patient died after chocking on medication.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dempsey Benton said that the Division of Mental Health must find an independent hospital management firm to evaluate Cherry Hospital.
Benton also said he wanted more security personnel assigned to the hospital.
The patient died in April after he was left unattended in a chair for 22 hours. Video surveillance footage shows employees playing cards and watching television.
The hospital also is being investigated by the federal government, which has threatened to withdraw insurance reimbursements.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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