Western State Hospital patient dies at campus construction site

A patient at Washington's largest psychiatric hospital was found dead on the campus Monday, after going missing the previous ...

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

Kolchik’s attorney argued that despite being committed for more than 16 years, he had never received sustained, certified trauma therapy until 2024 and that treatment had stalled due to staffing ...

Western State Hospital patient found dead at construction site identified

A patient from the Western State Hospital in Lakewood was found dead early Monday morning. Construction crews who were ...

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

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A patient at Western State Hospital in Lakewood has died after accessing a construction crane 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 ...

WA to pay $2.3M after patient fatally strangled at psych facility in Pierce County

The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital will pay $2.3 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused officials of negligence after a psychiatric patient was strangled to death by his roommate.
The Bellingham Herald

Construction of new WA psychiatric hospital ‘on scope, on schedule, on budget’

The construction of the new $947 million Western State Hospital facility is charging ahead and on track for completion, officials announced on Nov. 6. Sean Murphy, deputy assistant secretary of the ...
The Columbian

In Our View: WA wise to make mental health care a priority

The unacceptable state of mental health care in Washington is demonstrated by a single fact — Western State Hospital has not received funding from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid since ...
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Patient at WA's Western State Hospital dies at construction site

A missing patient at Western State Hospital in Steilacoom was found dead at a nearby construction site Monday morning.

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

A person found dead at a construction site at Western State Hospital was identified by the DSHS as a patient who had been ...
Yahoo

WA to pay $2.3M after patient fatally strangled at psych facility in Pierce County

Mark James, a convicted drug dealer and identity thief, was hired by Western State Hospital in 2017 to counsel mental patients one week after his arrest in Oregon on multiple felony charges. Three ...