Archives for posts tagged ‘bureaucracy’

Mental patient dies while in government custody

Another mental patient has died while in government care. The solution being touted, as usual, is more government oversight.
The state sent a team Tuesday to help Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro draft new procedures to ensure patients receive proper care.
An investigator’s report released Monday found that 50-year-old Steven Sabock died in April after he at one [...]

Universal health care future: woman dies on waiting room floor

When America inevitably votes itself something called universal health care, it is my belief that we’ll see more stories like this one: Tape shows woman dying on waiting room floor
A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour [...]

Tracy Ingle’s story of Drug War abuse

I found Tracy Ingle’s story referenced at Traction Control. Where are we going with this country of ours? Tracy Ingle isn’t a perfect citizen. As far as I am aware, however, our Constitution and way of life are supposed to guarantee the same basic rights and due process no matter who we are. While I [...]