The federal lawsuit alleges jail employees knew Michael Manos wasn’t getting his medication, wasn’t eating, was immobile and was in a psychotic state during his time in the jail.
The federal grants provide Oklahoma organizations about $3.8 million annually to implement evidence-based programs to reduce the state’s teen birthrate. Nearly $8 million will be lost because of the cuts.
Newborn screening identifies rare diseases that can cause disability, death or serious health issues if not treated quickly. Dozens of Oklahoma hospitals are failing to send tests to the state lab in a timely manner.
In partnership with the Oklahoma Hospital Association and March of the Dimes, the Health Department launched a program called Every Baby Counts in early 2015 to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the state’s newborn screening process. First, the program focused on training healthcare providers to properly collect samples from newborns. In February 2016, the program received …
Masters allegedly gave a patient syringes filled with the patient’s fat tissue and told the patient to take the syringes home, put them in her freezer and self-inject them into her face when she desired.
Staff members who worked at a Muskogee County juvenile facility where a 16-year-old hanged himself in December were mentally abusive and didn’t give juveniles adequate supervision, an investigation by the Department of Human Services has found.
“My interest is in what all transpired, what sort of practices were utilized much further upstream with this young man because we know for a fact this had been going on for awhile.” — Mike Brose, CEO of Mental Health Association Oklahoma.
Despite the growth in that population, almost $300,000 has been poured into the community by local non-profit agencies to prevent homelessness, according to the Community Service Council. And at the same time, 587 veterans and 176 chronic homeless people have been housed since 2015.
