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May 5, 2010 Graves project seeks dignity for the forgotten
- On May 15, the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Committee's annual memorial program will include dedication of two Ohio Historical Society historical markers and a memorial monument to honor the nearly 2,000 forgotten souls in the two Toledo State Hospital cemeteries off Arlington Avenue near South Detroit Avenue in South Toledo.
May 2, 2010 If those hospital's walls could talk …Murals, as digital art will endure facility's closing
- When patients and staff complete their move from Westborough State Hospital, they will be leaving behind beautiful grounds, a beach on Lake Chauncy and a set of murals that will be reborn as digital art and continue to brighten lives at a new hospital in Worcester.
April 27, 2010 Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 4
- Part 4 of Anderson Burns' series on the South Carolina State Hospital. The modern era of the S.C. State Hospital is one of revitalization and expansion. The campus we see now was begun in earnest in the 1920's.
April 25, 2010 Suspicious fire at former Psych Center
- Officials continue to investigate two fires in long-empty buildings at the former Hudson River State Hospital campus off Route 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie. Chief Tory Gallante of the Fairview Fire District said today there was no new information about the cause of the blaze.
April 19, 2010 New building could mark new era for St. Elizabeths Hospital
- From a single structure in 1855, it grew into a campus of more than 130 buildings in Southeast Washington. It was, by the early 20th century, known as St. Elizabeths, for the colonial land grant on which it was built, and it had become, in the words of an admirer, one of the "great, grand" dames of American psychiatric hospitals.
April 19, 2010 Proposal to cut 50 beds at Terrell State Hospital draws concern
- A proposal to cut 50 beds at the region's public psychiatric hospital is generating concern from North Texas officials. The loss of 50 beds at the 300-bed Terrell State Hospital is one of many proposed cuts to close a state budget gap of up to $15 billion. But local officials said it would be one of the most painful.
April 18, 2010 Vermont State Hospital's future still in limbo
- The Senate Institutions Committee wants to set aside $15 million from a one-time allocation of extra federal Medicaid money to cover the cost of constructing a 15-bed secure residential facility for some patients now at the Vermont State Hospital.
April 14, 2010 Hidden Columbia: The S.C. State Hospital - Part 3
- In part 3 of Anderson Burns' series on the S.C. State Hospital, he chronicles the demise of conditions at the asylum following the Civil War.
April 11, 2010 Video: A peek inside the state hospital
- A Portland State University professor's documentary, which people can catch today, looks at Oregon State Hospital and its people.
April 11, 2010 Westboro State Hospital set to close
- Westborough State Hospital is only the latest on the list of state hospitals to be shuttered.
April 11, 2010 $200,000 fire damages Richardson Complex
- A two-alarm fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage early Saturday to the main “towers” building at the landmark H. H. Richardson Complex on Forest Avenue.
April 10, 2010 Fire damages historic Richardson complex
- Fire damaged the tower of the historic 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.
April 9, 2010 Bryce Hospital Cemetery Memorial
- 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.
