Western State Hospital

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in western Washington will be sent to a federal mental facility for a competency evaluation. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Shea on Thursday ordered that 28-year-old Anthony Garver be sent to a federal Bureau of Prisons facility to determine if he can understand the charges against him...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane County sheriff will send the governor a bill for about $12,000 to cover the cost of searching for an escapee from Washington's largest state psychiatric hospital. The Spokesman-Review reports that Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich will send the bill this week for costs incurred by people who searched for 28-year-old Anthony Garver...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday fired the head of psychiatric hospital in which an accused murderer escaped from last week. The escape was the latest in a litany of problems at the 800-bed Western State Hospital, where violent assaults on both staff and patients have occurred...

LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — State health officials say 3 patients and a Western State Hospital staff member have confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus commonly known as swine flu. Department of Social and Health Services spokeswoman Kathy Spears told The Associated Press four people have the virus, not seven as previously reported by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal regulators issued an "immediate jeopardy" notice at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital after a patient was given the wrong medication. An immediate jeopardy is defined as a crisis situation in which the health and safety of people at the hospital are at risk. Ins...