by admin | Aug 2, 2006 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Members of Missouri’s Mental Health Task Force begin a series of six public hearings today in wake of the ruling that a death at a state mental health facility was a homicide. The first meeting begins this (Thursday) afternoon at the Metropolitan St. Louis...
by admin | Aug 2, 2006 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt has appointed three more people to the Missouri Mental Health Task Force. The three all have ties to the mental health community. Natalie Woods of Springfield is president of the Nevada Habilitation Center Family Support Association. Wendy Buehler of...
by admin | Aug 2, 2006 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine
The scalding death of a mentally ill patient in March has been ruled a homicide by the St. Louis County Medical Examiner. Rutherford “Rudy” Wallace died March 16th of burns suffered after a scalding bath given him at the Northwest Habilitation Center near...
by admin | Aug 1, 2006 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
The scalding death earlier this year at a St. Louis mental health facillity has been ruled a homicide by the St. Louis County Medical Examiner. Rutherford “Rudy” Wallace died March 16th, six days after a worker at Northwest Habilitation Center near...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
A new Web site up. Public hearings announced. The Mental Health Task Force is getting down to business. Lt. Governor Peter Kinder says the Mental Health Task Force wants to hear from Missourians as it reviews how well the state serves the mentally ill. The Missouri...