In the previous couple of months, we’ve seen workers at Montana State Hospital attempt to elevate the alarm in regards to the situations on the facility in Heat Springs. It’s the one state-run psychiatric hospital in Montana and, based on the state, is amid a critical staffing scarcity.
On this episode, Seaborn Larson talks about an inspection report that lays out how these situations have affected sufferers, and in some instances, how violations of federal well being guidelines have had deadly penalties.
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