{"id":1829,"date":"2008-11-24T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/patient_abuse_in_healthcare_fa\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:03:39","slug":"patient-abuse-in-healthcare-fa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/patient-abuse-in-healthcare-fa\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Abuse in Healthcare Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abuse of patients in medical or mental facilities is a major problem in the United States. Our attorneys frequently handle cases in which patients have suffered physical or sexual abuse at the hands of facility staff or other patients. These cases are extremely disturbing as the victims are usually some of the most vulnerable and helpless members of society.<\/p>\n<p>A recent article in the Los Angeles times focused upon this issue. According to the article, Psychiatric Solutions Inc. was on its way to becoming the nation&#8217;s leading provider of private psychiatric care when it purchased Sierra Vista Hospital in Sacramento, Californis in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The company put its tested business formula into action: Staffing fell. Beds filled up. Profits soared . While the results made investors happy,  for some patients, federal records revealed that for patients it proved dangerous and at times deadly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/patient-abuse-in-healthcare-fa\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Patient Abuse in Healthcare Facilities\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abuse of patients in medical or mental facilities is a major problem in the United States. Our attorneys frequently handle cases in which patients have suffered physical or sexual abuse at the hands of facility staff or other patients. These cases are extremely disturbing as the victims are usually some of the most vulnerable and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury-wrongful-death","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patient Abuse in Healthcare Facilities &#8212; Trial Attorney Blog &#8212; November 24, 2008<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abuse of patients in medical or mental facilities is a major problem in the United States. 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