State Data Highlight Safety Issues at Napa State Hospital

Between early 2009 and the second quarter of 2010, patient attacks on Napa State Hospital staff more than quadrupled to 200 and patient assaults against other patients increased sevenfold to 692, according to data from the California Department of Public Health. The data underscore the challenges that Napa State Hospital will face as it works to improve worker safety following the recent killing of psychiatric technician Donna Gross.

• "Patient Aggression Intensifies at Napa State Hospital" (Romney, Los Angeles Times, 11/3).