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2 days ago |
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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5 days ago |
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 week 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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1 week ago |
inlander.com | Kaylee Tornay |Whitney Bryen
click to enlarge Erick Doxey photo Sarah Niyimbona's funeral held in April. 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.
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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

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

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