July 1, 2008
Death, Hospital, Human rights, News, Psychiatry
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Eyewitness News
KINGS COUNTY (WABC) — Video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn hospital shows a woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency-room while staffers initially ignore her.
The video shows the 49-year-old woman keeling out of her chair at 5:32 a.m. and lying facedown on the floor, then thrashing, before going still. An hour passed before a fellow patient gets the attention of a staffer.
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation reported the incident surrounding the woman’s death to a number of health oversight agencies and law enforcement authorities.
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July 1, 2008
Abuse, ECT, Hospital, News, Psychiatrist, sex offenders
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By Jennifer K. Woldt
of The Northwestern
An Affinity Behavioral Health psychiatrist accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a patient could spend time in prison if convicted of felony charges.
Charles D. Morgan, 62, of Neenah, was charged in Winnebago County Circuit Court Monday with sexual exploitation by a therapist, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 12 years, six months in prison and $25,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint, Morgan sexually assaulted a 27-year-old woman, whom he had been treating for bi-polar disorder for the past two years. The woman told Morgan she wanted a different psychiatrist after he kissed her on two occasions while she was in the hospital receiving treatment.
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