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Advocacy Group Files FOIA Request to Get Hospital Report

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· Story link An advocacy group that has been pressing for better conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital in the District…

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An advocacy group that has been pressing for better conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia had to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department to obtain a copy of a consultant’s report on the status of improvements. The report said patient care at the city-run psychiatric hospital had not been improved “in any significant way.” (2/7/08)

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