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investigatewest.org | Kaylee Tornay |Whitney Bryen
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. A 12-year-old girl who died by suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in April was one of four suicidal patients the Spokane hospital put at risk this year, the Washington Department of Health found last month.
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chronline.com | Whitney Bryen |Kaylee Tornay
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center last month is suing the hospital for alleged negligence and medical malpractice.
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investigatewest.org | Whitney Bryen |Kaylee Tornay
The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center last month is suing the hospital for alleged negligence and medical malpractice. Sarah Niyimbona, who was being treated at the Spokane hospital for self-harm and suicide attempts, had been monitored round-the-clock by video and a health care worker, or "sitter," assigned to her room, according to the wrongful death lawsuit.
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spokanepublicradio.org | Kaylee Tornay |Whitney Bryen
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The Washington Department of Health is investigating a 12-year-old’s suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center last month that has prompted heartbreak and outrage from lawmakers, Spokane city councilmembers and behavioral health advocates statewide.
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1 month ago |
chronline.com | Kaylee Tornay |Whitney Bryen
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The Washington Department of Health is investigating a 12-year-old’s suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center last month that has prompted heartbreak and outrage from lawmakers, Spokane city councilmembers and behavioral health advocates statewide.
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Sarah Niyimbona, 12, died by suicide last month at a Spokane hospital. According to state health investigators, she wasn’t the only suicidal patient endangered there this year.
More breaking news from @ka_tornay and @WhitneyBryen: New state records show the girl who died at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane last month was one of four suicidal patients the hospital put at risk this year. https://t.co/SoP8UgEimf
Sarah's family filed a lawsuit against Providence Sacred Heart blaming the hospital for the 12-year-old's death. Here's the latest https://t.co/Yf6Brjtq2G Catch up on what happened to Sarah with our original story below, ICYMI.
Providence Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane closed its kids psychiatric unit in Sept. over the objections of nurses, families and community members. This is the result they say they feared. *please read with care https://t.co/uOiEGPR3II
Providence Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane is refusing to answer questions about the safety of patients following a 12-year-old's suicide. But a state investigation could provide answers. Reported with @ka_tornay.
IMPACT: The WA Department of Health has opened an investigation into a Spokane hospital after learning of Sarah Niyimbona’s death from InvestigateWest's reporting. https://t.co/ATXzRE5IJ6
