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The Montana State Hospital was $17 million over budget and patients with dementia are still sometimes held four to a room, according to testimony from the new state health department director.
The Montana State Hospital was $17 million over budget and elderly patients with dementia and severe mental illness are still sometimes held four to a room, according to testimony Friday from the new director of the state health department.
On Friday, a nurse in the hospital's Spratt Unit discovered a patient-on-patient sexual assault around 11 p.m.
The state health department is investigating an allegation of a patient-on-patient sexual assault that occurred at the Montana State Hospital.
Spurred by recent deaths at the state psychiatric hospital, Montana lawmakers agreed Friday to begin drafting legislation to address population management and oversight at the facility in Warm Springs.