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− | |1= | + | |1=April 11, 2010 [http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/11/1015834/200000-fire-damages-richardson.html $200,000 fire damages Richardson Complex] |
− | |2= | + | |2= A two-alarm fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage early Saturday to the main “towers” building at the landmark [[Buffalo State Hospital | H. H. Richardson Complex]] on Forest Avenue. |
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+ | |1=April 10, 2010 [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1634885/WBFO.News/Fire.damages.historic.Richardson.complex Fire damages historic Richardson complex] | ||
+ | |2= Fire damaged the tower of the historic [[Buffalo State Hospital | H. H. Richardson Complex]] in Buffalo early Saturday morning. Two alarms were sounded shortly after 3:00am. Firefighters confined the fire to the second floor. It caused an esimated $200,000 in damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation. | ||
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+ | |1=April 9, 2010 [http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=1522 Bryce Hospital Cemetery Memorial] | ||
+ | |2= A memorial ceremony is to be held on Sunday April 18th in honor of patients buried in the cemeteries at Bryce Hospital. The ceremony will take place in the hospital’s chapel at 2PM. | ||
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+ | |1=April 9, 2010 [http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=441323 Fulton state hospital workers fight for jobs] | ||
+ | |2= Union workers from the Fulton State Hospital delivered hundreds of petition cards to the governor's office on Thursday to fight to save their jobs and their services. The workers face desperate times. They've been told that, beginning fairly soon and continuing through the end of next year, as many as 200 of their colleagues could lose their jobs at the hospital. | ||
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− | |1= | + | |1=April 8, 2010 [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10098/1048540-55.stm Giving new life to old hospitals] |
− | |2= | + | |2= Built strong and with a purpose, health facilities can be difficult to transform to new uses after they are abandoned. They have sturdy floors, engineered to support heavy equipment but difficult to drill through for new wiring and plumbing. To reduce the risk of fire -- always a greater danger anywhere oxygen is being used -- many older buildings were fireproofed with asbestos. |
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− | {{Main page news item | + | |1=April 8, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=2931&page=index Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 2] |
− | |1= | + | |2= In an age of prosperity and wealth for the Palmetto State, visionary's opened one of the first mental asylums in the nation in 1828. Anderson continues his story of the State Mental Hospital in Part 2. |
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− | {{Main page news item | + | |1=April 7, 2010 [http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87666/ Brattleboro Retreat Hopes To Be Part Of State Hospital Replacement] |
− | |1= | + | |2=Mental health policy makers hope to replace the [[Vermont State Hospital]] with new facilities linked to hospitals in Rutland and the Upper Valley. Vermont's oldest psychiatric facility, the [[Brattleboro Retreat]], says it should be part of the solution for the state hospital. |
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+ | |1=April 6, 2010 [http://www.vpr.net/episode/48303/ What's Next For The Vermont State Hospital?] | ||
+ | |2=Federal regulators have again denied certification to the [[Vermont State Hospital]]. They say the hospital doesn't have a good system for reporting problems and the facility itself has problems like an improperly installed sink, and automatic door closer. | ||
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+ | |1=April 2, 2010 [http://www.wolo.com/article.php?id=2844&page=index Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 1] | ||
+ | |2=For over a year, the requests have been coming in for Hidden Columbia to tell the story of the old state mental hospital. Part one of a series of Hidden Columbia's opens the door to that story. To see how and why [[South Carolina State Hospital]] was founded, click on the story in the video viewer... | ||
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+ | |1=April 1, 2010 [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10091/1047054-57.stm State nears decision on Mayview property] | ||
+ | |2=The future of the [[Mayview State Hospital]] site should come into focus in a couple of weeks as the state Department of General Services is expected to choose one of two redevelopment proposals. | ||
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