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Patient at WA's Western State Hospital dies at construction site

A missing patient at Western State Hospital in Steilacoom was found dead at a nearby construction site Monday morning.

Western State Hospital patient found dead at construction site identified

Staff from the hospital had been searching for the patient since Sunday.

Missing Western State Hospital patient found dead weeks after court ordered trauma therapy

Kolchik’s attorney argued that despite being committed for more than 16 years, he had never received sustained, certified trauma therapy until 2024 and that treatment had stalled due to staffing ...

'It's a failure somewhere,' Western State Hospital staffer reacts to patient death after jumping or falling from construction crane on campus

The crane is being used to build the state's new forensic psychiatric hospital.

Western State Hospital patient dies after trauma therapy was cut off, attorneys say

Pavel Kolchick, who had spent 18 years in state-run psychiatric hospitals, was found dead Monday morning by construction workers on the hospital campus.
KGW8

Washington psychiatric patient dies after jumping or falling from construction crane on campus

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A patient at Western State Hospital in Lakewood has died after accessing a construction crane on the property and jumping or falling from it, according to KING 5 sources. The crane ...
Tri-City Herald

Construction of new WA psychiatric hospital ‘on scope, on schedule, on budget’

The construction of the new $947 million Western State Hospital facility is charging ahead and on track for completion, officials announced on Nov. 6. Sean Murphy, deputy assistant secretary of the ...

Western State Hospital patient dies at campus construction site

A patient at Washington's largest psychiatric hospital was found dead on the campus Monday, after going missing the previous day.