A state investigation has found that the hospital that initially treated a man who died while admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital did not meet standards of care during the man's mental health crisis.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — First hospital to treat man who later died A state investigation found that a Virginia psychiatric hospital did not meet standards of care despite suffering a mental health crisis.
The state Department of Health is leading the investigation into Dr. Perham Hospital. Irbo Otieno Although it was held for a short time, Richmond Times-Dispatch report.
Otieno, a 28-year-old black man, died in March after a group of Henrico County sheriff's deputies and hospital staff pinned him to the floor of Central State Hospital for about 11 minutes. Surveillance video showing how Otieno was treated at the facility where she was scheduled to receive care sparked outrage across the country and calls for mental health and police reform.
Staff at Perham were “not in compliance” with hospital health guidelines for treating patients with mental health crises, two inspectors said. The report also said a psychiatrist did not examine Otieno during his six-hour stay in the emergency department.
“Facility staff were unable to provide stabilizing treatment to 1 in 25 patients after the patient presented to the emergency department with an acute medical condition,” the report states.
Perham Doctors Hospital is working with the Department of Health and has submitted an action plan requested by the department, said Pryor Green, a spokesman for Hospital Corporation of America, which owns the facility.
“We always strive to provide compassionate, high-quality care to all of our patients,” Green said.
Otieno was in emotional distress during his first encounter with police outside Richmond in early March, days before he was taken to a state hospital, his family said.
He was first taken into police custody on March 3 and was taken to a local hospital for mental health treatment under an emergency detention order.
Police said Mr. Otieno “became physically assaultive toward officers” while admitted to a local hospital, at which point police arrested him and took him to a local jail, but Mr. Otieno's family insists that the deportation should never take place.
Mr Otieno's family's lawyer, Mark Kludis, said his treatment in Perham was “indifferent”.
“The very reason lrvo was taken to the hospital was to stabilize his condition, but those efforts have effectively been abandoned,” Kurdis said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
Due to Otieno's death, litigation costs and wrongful death settlement In addition to Letter of oath from the governor Call for reform of mental health care.
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