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Judge halts mental health cut

bniolet — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:52:29 -0500

A federal district court judge today stopped a government mental health management agency from enacting cuts that would lead to two disabled people losing their apartments.

The Beacon Center, the local mental health agency that covers Wilson, Greene, Edgecombe and Nash counties planned to cut the state money that helps two mentally ill and developmentally disabled residents live in their own apartments, Lynn Bonner reports.

Gag could keep problems secret

bniolet — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:18:35 -0400

Vicki Smith, executive director of a patient rights group, is worried that the new Cherry Hospital code of conduct that tells workers not to say bad things about their workplace might have a "chilling effect" on people who want to report problems.

State agrees to hold off on Dix transfer

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:39:02 -0400

Patients at Dorothea Dix will stay put for now.

The state signed a legal agreement Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed by Disability Rights North Carolina, which outlined numerous safety concerns and technical glitches with a new $138 million hospital in Butner.

Patients would have been transferred to the new facility on Wednesday.

Dix closure delayed

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:40:58 -0400

A state judge has stalled the plan to shut down Dorothea Dix hospital.

Wake County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that bars the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services from moving the bulk of Dix's patients to the new Central Regional Hospital.

Advocacy group sue to stop Dix closure

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:12:10 -0400

A legal advocacy group has asked a judge to stop the pending closure of Dorothea Dix.

In a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, lawyers for Disability Rights North Carolina detail 15 safety issues at Central Regional Hospital, the new Butner facility where the bulk of Dix's patients will soon be transferred.

Budget speeds Dix closure

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:31:03 -0400

A last-minute change to the state budget will make it easier to close Dorothea Dix.

The final budget headed to Gov. Mike Easley was stripped of a provision that would have required the new Central Regional Hospital in Butner to be approved by outside inspectors before it can accept patients. It's unclear who wrote the provision.