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DESCRIPTION:6/9 Protest-Napa State Hospital Employees Call for Safety, 
 Services\nWorkers to Gather June 9 and Demand Changes Now \n\nPRESS 
 ADVISORY/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    June 6, 2014\n\nCONTACT:    Brady 
 Oppenheim 916/952-9961, Zach Hatton 707/953-7767\nor Linda Monahan 
 707/266-4545.\n\nWHAT:    Event calling for increased safety and services 
 throughout California’s state-hospital system.\n\nWHERE:    Napa State 
 Hospital, 2100 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, Calif.; front entrance.\n\nWHEN: 
    Monday, June 9; noon – 12:30 p.m.\n\nWHO:    Napa State Hospital 
 employee members of the statewide Safety Now Coalition, many of whom have 
 been injured or assaulted on the job.\n\nVISUALS:    Attendees and speakers 
 wearing “Safety Now” shirts and holding safety signs.\n\nWHY:    Almost 
 four years after the on-grounds murder of Napa State Hospital Psychiatric 
 Technician Donna Gross by a patient, safety changes have taken place in 
 California’s state-hospital system. Through collaborative efforts between 
 dedicated frontline staff, state legislators, Cal/OSHA and the Department 
 of State Hospitals, new state-hospital alarm systems are rolling out in 
 these facilities, grounds-patrol teams are taking root and there is an 
 increased hospital-police presence.\n\nBut violence in state hospitals 
 continues: Several recent incidents at NSH and other state hospitals – 
 including the May 24 assault of a NSH Psychiatric Technician, the May 27 
 beating of a NSH Psychologist, the May 30 beating of a NSH Social Worker, 
 the June 1 assault of a NSH Psychiatrist, the June 4 assault of an NSH 
 patient and the May 28 murder of a patient by another patient at Atascadero 
 State Hospital – show that further changes must happen. A major change 
 that employees are demanding is for Enhanced Treatment Programs outlined in 
 California Assembly Bill 1340 (Achadjian), which would create specialized 
 intensive services for patients with the most assaultive behaviors. A 
 hearing on AB 1340 is scheduled at the State Capitol Wednesday, June 
 11.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/06/18757022.php
SUMMARY:Protest-Napa State Hospital Employees Call for Safety, Services Workers to Gather June
LOCATION: Napa State Hospital, 2100 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, Calif.; front 
 entrance.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/06/18757022.php
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