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"We just wanted to make sure the discharge planning has finished for the people and ... that we have the right places for the people," [Mary Fleming] adds. "There isn't any specific financial pressure" to discharge the patients right away.
The state closed down Harrisburq State Hospital last December with a year's notice. Mental-health officials have been studying the fallout and the lessons learned while planning for Mayview discharge continues. As one committee member - Linda Zelch, a division director for DPW - said at last week's meeting about the patients discharged from Harrisburq so far: "There is some underestimation of the amount of personal support (they) needed."See the full content of this document
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Discharge Plans Being Scaled Back
Although plans to discharge an increasing number of patients from Mayview State Hospital have been in the works for months, the timetable for discharging them wil...
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