'It's a failure somewhere,' Western State Hospital staffer reacts to patient death after jumping or falling from construction crane on campus

A patient at Western State Hospital in Lakewood has died after accessing a construction crane on the property and jumping or ...

Missing Western State Hospital patient found dead weeks after court ordered trauma therapy

A patient who had been reported missing from Western State Hospital was found dead early Monday at a construction site on the ...

Western State Hospital patient dies after trauma therapy was cut off, attorneys say

Pavel Kolchick, who had spent 18 years in state-run psychiatric hospitals, was found dead Monday morning by construction ...
Houston Public Media

Almost 800 patients have been in Texas state hospitals for more than a year

About 40% of patients in Texas state hospitals have been admitted for more than a year, according to state data shared ...

Body found at Western State Hospital construction site identified as missing patient

DSHS said the patient did not return after being allowed court-ordered, unescorted grounds privileges on Sunday, Jan. 4.

State withdrew trauma therapy three months before Western State patient's body found

KING 5 has obtained exclusive information about the man who allegedly died by suicide by jumping from a crane at the state's ...

Wires left in patients, surgical error, Fresno-area hospital fined $265,000, state says

Kaweah Health in Visalia was also fined for lapse in monitoring a patient with heart issue, according to a state report.