it's name is napa state hospital. patients and staff alike say it's more like a prison than a hospital. and as a result, the most dangerous are preying on the people around them. ktvu's john sasaki has our report. >> reporter: the proported mission of the hospital is to protect and heal but just about everyone there is saying that it's failing miserably. >> it's like a psychological rape on a daily basis. >> i was abused, big time. >> reporter: three patients and seven staff members were attacked every day many by predatory criminals. >> he was sexually assaulted by a predator. >> reporter: shawn and janet web told us about their 30-year- old son garth. >> he's in prison, they call it a hospital but it is not. it is a penal colony or a prison or a jail. >> reporter: garth web landed in napa after making threats. >> the institution fails to maintain its safety. how is he being prepared for a life in the general population? >> reporter: sean and janet web they come to the hospital every week to see their son. our reques

. >> tom: still ahead, what can a hospital learn from the factory floor? you might be surprised how lean production techniques are turning one midwest hospital into a model of efficiency. >> susie: secretary of state hillary clinton said today economics must be at the heart of u.s. foreign policy. speaking to a group of financial leaders in new york city, clinton explained that the combination of diplomacy and business are critical to the nation's global power and prosperity. >> right now, the challenges of a changing world and the needs of the american people demand that our foreign policy community, as steve jobs put it, "think different." >> susie: by "thinking different" clinton said the u.s. needs to use diplomacy to boost job growth, open up trade and learn lessons from the european debt crisis. it was somewhat unusual for a secretary of state to make a major policy statement before the economic club of new york. the reaction from many in the audience was positive. >> i liked it. i thought it was very outward looking in a time of high unemployment wh

about 70 patients come to the hospital each day. he asks them about their families and their diet, trying to determine what condition they're in. >> translator: i'm happy i can see the same doctor. >> translator: it is reassuring to have a doctor like him. >> it's my mission. i want to be the rear guard, provide support from behind the lines. >> reporter: the director starts down a new path with his staff members, all of whom have overcome difficult times. as the hospital chief, he's determined to support the rebuilding. >> the doctor says he plans to increase the number of house calls and to make the hospital as accessible as possible for locals. >>> french researchers say 20 times more radioactive cesium leaked from the crippled fukushima daiichi power plant into the ocean than the plant operator estimated. the french government's nuclear research institute released its contamination report saturday. it calculates that 27.1 thousand tera becquerels have leaked into the ocean as of mid july. most was released by april from plant fa

about 70 patients come to the hospital each day. kawashima asks them about their families and their diet. trying to determine what condition they're in. >> i'm happy i can see the same doctor. >> translator: it's reassuring to have a doctor like him. >> translator: it's my mission. i want to be the rear guard, provide support from behind the lines. >> reporter: director kawashima starts down a new path with his staff members. all of whom have overcome difficult times. as the hospital chief, he's determined to support the rebuilding of motoyoshi. >> dr. kawashima said he plans to increase the number of house calls and to make the hospital as accessible as possible for locals. >>> "newsline" is the place to turn to for the latest on japan post march 11th. we have two segments offering two unique perspectives on the fallout from the earthquake and tsunami. "nuclear watch" brings you insight and information on the impact of the fukushima daiichi nuclear crisis. and "the road ahead" examines japan's efforts to recover and rebuild. don't

luke's hospital. -- the "conical" ran about as a look hospital. patients can often be found on gurneys are part in the hallway. a sick child without insurance may share a room with a smelly homeless person whose screams, spitz and swears. that patient strapped to the gurney should have been admitted to psychiatry, showered, fed and otherwise given humane and appropriate treatment. instead, according to one of my colleagues, he may spend up to four days in their emergency rooms strapped to the gurney. the reason for that is that st. luke's 32-bed psychiatric unit was closed entirely in 2005. 50 years ago, california decided the chronically mentally ill should not be segregated in government hospitals but should be treated in the community. sutter seems to be trying to reverse this with a policy of the few don't build it, they won't come. nevertheless, many psychotic or suicidal patients make their way to a medical emergency room and with no psychiatric facility, there is no way to give them adequate care. overcrowding and my facility makes transfer

at the hospital. dr.was his family's pediatrician. >> he cared for three generations of my family. my wife when she was a child, our children and grandchildren. >> did you ever have any problems. >> none whatsoever. three generations. after 27 years, i pick my physicians very carefully and he was trusted. >> hess ler was off the night, after talking with his coworkers he went to the police and reported that a homicide had been committed. >> they possessed the knowledge and believed it to be true and accurate and had at that point i remained silent i would be complicit. >> he also believed rumors that the hospital was destroying evidence, was engaged in a conspiracy and a cover-up. >> i suspected that administration was involved at all levels in the altering of the evidence, and that precluded me from going to them, so i felt i had no choice, but to go directly to the authorities. >> officials at olympic memorial hospital declined several requests for an interview for this report and issued a statement, vi

the reason for that is the wounded people, when they go to the hospital, it is the way the hospital -- the hospitals are used to identify who is close to the government rather than provide treatment that's necessary. the health minister has instructed hospitals to report wounded persons to the authorities. this means that they are putting wounded persons at risk of arrest and torture. >> that is the influence from the government's or the authorities on the hospital, but we have also reports and we can see some pictures now of doctors and nurses abusing or mistreating suspected protesters, too. what about that? >> we have consistent testimonies from one did persons who went to the government-month run hospitals- some are subjecting wounded persons to physical abuse and verbal abuse. health professionals, their job is to treat wounded persons, not to punish wounded persons for what they have done or for their political loyalties. >> a worrisome observation. thank you very much for the highlights. still ahead, bangkok on high alert. residents are nervously awaiting to see how far the flo

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we also are responsible for running the hospital system's in many of the hospitals around the u.s.. our corporation is very focused on that, not only for running our business, but all of the other people that work through us. about 90% of all claims are adjudicated through a system that we run. we are in your day-to-day life whether you know it or not. and our ability to function is a critical element of that we are focused on as a corporate infrastructure. >> governor, you seem like you want to say something? >> i feel like i say to many things. there are cyber attacked every day, so some countries are getting very serious about this. the u.s. is pretty good at it, too. we go through a number of drills, part of what we push is the matrix that you need to be prepared for any one part going down and other is stepping up. even beyond what our company does, mandated disaster as well. each of these topics could be a full conference on their own. i will leave it with the there is a major report coming out on a report card of the federal government and our ability to respond. that will be

maryland health officials are making changes at a hospital after -- officials say the hospital will undergo a complete city overhaul. it is the second to murder at the max a month -- maximum security hospital in a week. officials said one patient killed and another at the hospital last night. the autopsy showed the 40-year- old victim died from multiple blunt force injuries. last week, another patient was charged with murdering his roommate. >> hospitals are places for healing, not violence. >> he calls the incident tragic and unacceptable. >> perkins hospital has taken many steps to improve the strength in -- the safety of the environment. more needs to be done. >> it is operated by the department of health and mental hygiene. it serves patients with serious psychiatric disorders to face criminal charges including homicide, assault, offenses and that robbery with a deadly weapon. most of the 240 patients were ordered to perkins by a court. according to state officials, the hospital added additional staff and upgraded the security system after a previous killing in 2010. now with two more m

. >> tonight a murder at a mental hospital.e are live on the scene with late breaking updates. >>> and an elderly couple found dead. both shot to death. what led to this? >>> extreme makeover home edition you saw a man get the tools he is he needs. tonight we look at the impact kennedy creager had on the project. >>> a murder at a mental hospital in jessup. update to the breaking news we first brought online. christian is live outside of the hospital center and what do we know so far? >> reporter: state police say both the suspect and the victim were roommates here at the state hospital which isn't far from the other correctional, facilities. it's where people are brought when they are found not criminally responsible for serious crimes, that's the version of the insanity plea. the suspect and victim had been previously found not criminally responsible for murder. the victim has been identified as identified -- police say he murdered his mother in their apartment back in december of 2008. the suspect has been identified as a 24

hospital in a week. one patient killed another at clifton t. perkins hospital last night. the autopsy shows the 40-year-old victim died from multiple blunt force injuries. another patient, vitaly davidov was charged with murdering his roommate. >> hospitals are places for healing, not violence. >> josh sharpstein, department of health and mental hygiene, calls the incidence unacceptable. >> perkins has taken steps to improve safety, but more needs to be done. >> perkins is a maximum security in-patient hospital. it is operated by the department of health and mental hygiene. it serves patients with serious psychiatric disorders who face serious criminal charges including homicide, assault, first degree sexual offenses, and robbery with a deadly weapon. according to state health officials, the hospital added additional staff and updated the security system after a previous killing there back in 2010. now with two more murders in the in the past week, officials have added more staff to the maximum and mediu

program. >> alena's been part of the hospital's child life program since she was 3.hat's when her family realized she was sick. >> you don't expect that you're gonna hear news that this little thriving little kid probably wouldn't make it through her 25th birthday. >> the disease affected alena's ability to grow and move around. >> when i was little, when i didn't get the enzyme treatment, i wasn't able to reach my arms high. but now i can make my arms go high. and i couldn't run as fast. but it hasn't affected me anyway. i could just do what any normal child could do. >> and that's given her something to sing about. >> ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ >> alena's vocal about her illness because she wants people to know they can help other kids like her. >> ♪ of my favorite things >> she also practices what she preaches. alena helps raise money for children's miracle network hospitals as their poster child. >> stay with us. there's a lot more coming up on "teen kids news." >> we'll be right back. >> it's

but i want to acknowledge this is a hospital. there are three other large antennas, panel antennas, in the near vicinity, on st. mary's hospital, close to presidio, and another on the beacon storage building on geary. i still have a hope that the appellant and the parties will sit down and try to come to some agreement as well. with that, i am open to hearing the testimony now. president chiu: appellant, you have up to 10 minutes to make your case. >> good afternoon. i have lived in the richmond district for over 30 years and worked at angeles children's center. i have also been a long-time horizon customer, and received excellent voice and data reception in the neighborhood. i am here to represent those who live near the proposed facility. can people who are opposed to the placement of the antennas please stand? we are here today because the nine panel antennas proposed for this location are not necessary, not desirable, and not compatible with the predominantly residential character of our neighborhood. under section 303, the b

the ambulance rushes him to the hospital but it's too late.chez dies of a traumatic brain injury three days later. >> is it possible that the immediate medical care will make a difference? we'll never know for sure but it does seem like there is a possibility. >> hector gomez thinks the makeup of the population in this neighborhood may have contributed to the lack of response for either those who witnessed the knockout for those who walked by. >> many of the people that walked by this person maybe wanted to do something but felt like they couldn't. you know, you might say to yourself, what if i don't have papers, and i'm here illegally and i'm scared, i won't call. >> gomez understands why so many people may not have called 911, it doesn't mean he thinks it's excusable. in fact, he decides to use the incident as a teaching lesson. >> i thought to myself, why is it that so many people walked by and are not calling? if i'm laying on the ground, i expect that first person to see me, to call 911 right away, so i thought, well, let's make a call 91

i would hardly describe hospitals is being green yet. we consume an enormous amount of energy, but we are becoming more efficient. and, of course, i need tell nobody here how important we are in terms of biomedical research and technology innovation. what challenges do we face? like all of you involved in development, in time in the city is a challenge for us, and i cannot imagine how much more difficult it would be for us if it were not for the profound support we have received from the mayor, the planning department, and the mayor's staff. i want to thank them publicly for their efforts on our behalf. another challenge that we face is that the project has been delayed and is likely to face the appeals in the future. the benefit we have had from the recession is that the cost of building our project has not been increasing as rapidly as it was five or 10 years ago, but as the economy recovers, there is no doubt that construction costs are going to go up and every month of delay in terms of us getting started is probably costing us about

un hospital en galveston, texas continuarÁ atendiendo a un imigrante ilegal paralizado luego de caerecho donde trabajaba... segu Ún sus familiares, el hospital habÍa ofrecido pagar su regreso a mÉxico para continuar su tratamiento, ya que Él no cuenta con seguro mÉdico para cubrir sus gastos. gustavo valdes nos acompaÑa con los detalles.. francisco martÍnez lleva tres meses paralizado despue És de una caÍda de un techo que estaba reparando. martÍnez, un inmigrante ilegal, recibiÓ cuidado me Édico en este hospital en galveston, texas, el mismo que ahora le pide que busque un nuevo sitio para seguir su tratamiento. yo quisiera que me siguieran ayudando, pero pues en esa situacion que a las dos semanas ya me querian llevar pa' fuera no creo, ellos lo que quieren es que yo me salga de aqui su pareja brandi cullen valderrama dice sentirse presionada por funcionarios del hospital que ofrecieron incluso pagar el boleto de aviÓn de francisco para facilitar su regreso a me !xico yo estoy enojada y triste y tengo mucha confusion porque yo no se manana el hospital, en un comunicado dijo: "este

the only hospital has these buildings. the others are all residential. [speaking foreign language. >> i would just reiterate that she is against this. she has a family that lives in the neighborhood. the kaiser hospital is the only in the neighborhood. the rest are residential. when you use the land line and the verizon cell phone, 911 has been very responsive in the past. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. for 32 years now, i have lived in the richmond district these and 10 that are not necessary for this neighborhood to provide service during a natural disaster or other emergency. federal law would like to give priority to 911 calls. federal law requires that even a phone without a service provider must be allowed to connect to any side if 911 is called. this also over rights and emergency. according to the facility plan from the planning department, there are over 750 and 10 at in the city. over 86 are in the richmond district and that is from the large cell companies. in the city of only 46 by 7 square miles, that averages 60

perkins hospital in jesup. officials now say the hospital will undergo a complete safety overhaul. >> it is the second murder at the maximum security psychiatric hospital in a week. the third in the past 13 months. one patient killed another at clifton t. perkins hospital. the autopsy showed the victim died from multiple blunt force injuries. just one week ago vitaly davidov was charged with murdering his roommate. >> hospitals are places for healing, not violence. >> the incidents were called tragic and unacceptable. >> perkins hospital has taken many steps to improve the safety of its environment but more is needed to be done. >> perkins is a maximum security, in-patient hospital located in jessup, maryland. it serves patients with serious psychiatric disorders who have faced serious criminal charges including homicide, assault, first-degree official afences, and robbery with a deadly weapon. most of the patients were ordered to perkins by a court. according to state health officials, the hospital added staff

we managed to get in the hospital and spent a few hours to check on the hospital however the security situation did not allow us to move inside the town and see the situation of the civilians we managed to talk to representatives of the civilians to understand the situation they talk about lack of food lack of for sure there is no electricity there is a lack of fuel in the city and there is very difficult access to medical care the hospital has been working under very difficult conditions there is a lack of medical personnel no work no medical equipment no drugs no madison and as well that is going to the city inside the hospital and the water tank has been hit so there is no water available in the hospital and now at the same time while talking to families going out of the city of sirte i have been on the eastern side where i've talked to families displaced to the desert i don't see it all to villages like cut out and other surrounding villages and my colleagues from the west as well are looking at the internally displaced families these people as well are living in difficult conditi

hospital officials announced layoffs are coming. >> outside of the hospital concerned about impending layoffs. this man is a nursing assistant that doubts the reasons for cutting back that is a 10% drop in patient load. >> do you think that is true? >> no. not really. we are always really busy. >> they told me they plan to lay off less than 5% of the workers but other workers will have their hours reduced. >> trying to take everything away from us. they want good patient satisfaction for us but want layoffs. >> i talked by phone and they asked for proof that the drop off is more than a seasonal drop that happens every summer and they have yet to receive the proof. a mother of a patient expretsed concern. >> reporter: as a parent i would be concerned about layoffs. we need all of the nurses that we can get. >> they came out through my urinary tract and painful. >> reporter: he had painful kidney stones and heed the care was excellent. he understands the challenges of this economy. >> hospital is like any other business. you have to look at the overhead, cost relative to what it has to

i am glad the sponsor has something to say regarding laguna honda hospital. according to my research on the internet, i do not see very many comments in regards to laguna honda hospital said by my district supervisor, so i am glad he is doing something in regards to laguna honda hospital, since it is a common fact that it is in his district. secondly, i would like to oppose this resolution, and the reason why i hope pose this resolution is that even though i am not an insurance expert, i always feel hesitant when an entity has to self insure itself. given the size of the insurance market, it should be fairly easy to get an insurance company to ensure your project. usually you cannot get insurance because there is a valid reason why you cannot. since i do not know very much about this particular sell insurance project, it just the concept of being self insured makes me a little hesitant to see why it should be self insured since most entities, especially hospitals, should be able to get insurance in the open market. in regards to laguna honda hospital, this is

on this monday morning, hospital food is not generally known to be the best. >> some local hospitalse a closer look when we come back. >> still ahead back out live to chris coolly's house and have fun with the red skin's tight end and sports junkies, stay with us, fox 5 morning news will be right back. 8:26 a.m.  >>> 8:29 a.m., 60 degrees, 51- year-old woman and her boyfriend accused of holding four mentally challenged people hostage in philadelphia, and stealing their social security checks they were found saturday morning chained in a small sub- basement without food or water. >>> search continues for 11- year-old william mcqueen missing for two weeks his mother was found dead last wednesday her estranged husband is charged with her murder he will be in a north carolina court today. >>> there is a special session of the maryland general assembly this morning, to take a look at redistricts for the state's 8 congressmen, maryland state leaders will discuss a new redistricting map later this morning. >>> tucker barnes with a look at the forecast good morning. >>

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a researcher talks about her deal and a treatment at the hospital. details are next. >> coming up later at 6:00, the concern among the maryland state troopers about the reliability of t >> an overwhelming small second several people at an elderly woman's home in pittsburgh. the 97-year-old medical alert system went off. when they went in, they could not get much further because of the stench. officials say the stench came from the way the woman was living. >> starting monday, the cruise ship will be home to more than 200 students. the school announced the change, the dorms became infested with mold at the beginning of the fall semester. a doctor declared them uninhabitable next week. the students will have access to patents and living spaces until everything is clean up which will take a few weeks. college officials have rented out hotels to students. the cost of renting hotel rooms and rooms on the ship is roughly the same. >> into night's medical a lawyer, tried officials are trying to cut down on prescription drug abuse. tomorrow is national drug

to highland hospital last week. now olson's roommate tells the tribute olson is expected to make a full recovery. olson remains listed in fair condition. his family is asking for privacy during his recovery. >>> hundreds of occupied protesters are back camping at oakland city hall and they say they have big plans for later in the week. as part of our continuing coverage of the occupy protest, ktvu's noel walker tells us about a promise the mayor is making to the protesters. >> reporter: urban camping is pretty peaceful at 4:00 a.m. >> tonight is my first night today we tradded the comfort of her oakland loft for a tent at oakland occupy. >> well it seems great. it seems very peaceful. people are actually really aware and responsible with what they're doing. >> the 99% are back to occupying 100% of the plaza less than a week after the city abruptly evicted the campers. >> this is like the rebirth here, now so there's time for us where we're actually seeing what we need to do and motivated to do it now. >> oakland is

some hospitals is twice that amount or more. at gunderson lutheran it's $22,000 because the patient spends fewer days in the hospital. >> where would you rather spend your time if you had two years to live? in the hospital going through tests and procedures? we are putting many, many patients in this country through a lot of additional suffering and expense, some of which they will have to pay for. it's the fourth most frequent reason for families to go bankrupt. >> another reason costs are less. doctors here are paid a salary. dr. jeff thompson is ceo of the gunderson lutheran health system. >> in our organization and others like us, a physician gets no extra money because they do a ct scan or lab work. there is no added incentive to put patient in the hospital. >> dr. greg thompson, a critical care specialist said these days they mostly treat patient who is have a better chance of long-term survival. >> many of the patient who is have the underlying terminal disease don't even come to the intensive care unit because they have

at a hospital in jessup. hospital staff reportedly found at the 40-year-old dead in his room around 8:00 thursday night. last friday, a different patient was touched with a similar murder -- charged with a similar murder. the economy is still extremely tough for many americans, but you numbers say it may finally be bouncing back. the commerce department says last summer showed the strongest growth in a year. tracie potts explains what could be driving the progress. >> investors seem thrilled that the european union is giving greece a big bailout. the dow soared over 300 points. we seeing asian and european markets up this morning. with the greek foreign minister visiting the state department, president obama says that what happens there has a direct impact on american workers. >> if europe is not growing as our largest trading partner, the will have an impact on our businesses and ability to create jobs in the united states. >> the economy grew 2.5% over the summer. almost twice as much as last spring. >> we

what about hospitals? she is the west bay region chief of staff and the california pacific medical center. she is an expert in the field of safety, security, and emergency management. >> handy description here is one of the largest private not-for- profit academic medical centers in california. we believe the largest medical center in san francisco. and we provide a wide variety of services to support our community, the public health system, etc.. i wanted to focus on the type of community resources that we offer, and what we have offered in the past both locally and nationally. i also want to dispel the emergency preparedness for all hospital as about the influx of casualties and patients. i will get into that story in just a moment. we provide resources to the community. we're working with a number of community churches to make sure that there are emergency planning processes are in place, that they can house multiple individuals if we have or when we have a large disaster occurred. providing resources t