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WEST VIRGINIA NEWS
from Eyewitness News Online Union workers protest outside psychiatric hospital July 19, 2008 12:15 PM HUNTINGTON, WV.
Union workers at a state-run psychiatric hospital say they are overworked and underpaid. More than a dozen West Virginia Public Workers Union members protested outside Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital on Friday afternoon. The protest came after a June report by the state ombudsman for behavioral health calling the hospital "an accident waiting to happen." The report recommended reducing the number of patients to the hospital's 90-bed capacity. It routinely houses up to 30 patients over capacity. A state Department of Health and Human Resources spokeswoman said officials were aware of the issues at the hospital and were working to manage the situation. She said the department recognized the hard work of the hospital's employees. |
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