‘Something Was Wrong Here’: Report Slams Sonoma Jail’s Pattern Of Inadequate Mental Health Care
Disability Rights California, an agency that monitors conditions for mentally ill and disabled people in jails, said it found highly delusional inmates screaming and crawling on the floor at Sonoma County Jail.
KQED:
Disability Agency Blasts Sonoma County Jail’s Treatment Of Mentally Ill
Last August, Anne Hadreas toured Sonoma County’s main jail in Santa Rosa to check on the treatment of inmates there. Hadreas is an attorney for Disability Rights California, an agency that monitors conditions for mentally ill and disabled people in jails, state hospitals and other facilities. She’s visited lots of those facilities, but what she saw in Sonoma County still came as a shock. (Pickoff-White and Small, 5/16)
In other health care news from across the state —
The Sacramento Bee:
Brain-Dead Toddler’s Family Files Appeal To Block Ventilator Removal
Racing against the clock, lawyers for the family of brain-dead toddler Israel Stinson have filed a federal appeal, seeking to prevent Kaiser Permanente’s Roseville hospital from taking the child off a ventilator by Friday’s court-ordered deadline. (Buck, 5/16)
The Ventura County Star:
Medical Board Asked To Take Action Against T.O. Doctor On Probation
A Thousand Oaks urologist ordered to stop treating patients due to an alleged medical probation violation faces the possibility of having his doctor's license revoked or suspended. (Kisken, 5/16)
Capital Public Radio:
ER Doctor: Bike Safely, Wear A Helmet
If National Bike Month has prompted you to dust off your bicycle and do more peddling, a Sacramento emergency room doctor says - "do it safely and wear a helmet." Dr. Jeff Rodgerson is chief of the emergency room at the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center. He wants people to do more bicycling. (5/17)
The Sacramento Bee:
Music Reaches Memories For Sacramento Seniors With Alzheimer’s
Gloria Silott spends most days in her wheelchair, socializing very little and verbalizing only with muffled “yes” or “no” answers. Immobilized by a stroke 15 years ago, she cannot speak clearly or express herself. Typically, say staffers at Eskaton Care Center Greenhaven, she has a flat, sad affect. (Buck, 5/16)