Washington state's two psychiatric hospitals have been the subject of scrutiny for years. ... In 2017, however, a patient with a violent history escaped from Eastern State Hospital.

Mark Kettner has resigned as CEO of Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Wash., amid a state investigation into the pyschiatric hospital’s handling of a case involving a former nurse charged ...

The Washington Territorial Legislature commissioned a new mental hospital for the region’s east side in 1886. Western State Hospital, which had opened in 1871 in the old barracks at Ft ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The family of a Tri-Cities man who died after being found bloody and unconscious on the floor of an Eastern State Hospital restroom has filed a lawsuit claiming the hospital ...

By the mid-1950s, Northern State hospital had 2,050 patients, Western State had 3,091, and Eastern State had 2,200. Nationally, the U.S. started seeing a shift toward patient rights.

"Eastern State Hospital workers, represented by Local 782 of the Washington Federation of State Employees/AFSCME, are deeply saddened by this morning's tragedy that took the life of a male patient.

News; Crime/Public Safety; CEO of Eastern State Hospital resigns over investigation into domestic violence complaints against former nurse now charged with Kassie Dewey’s murder ...

Two patients at Eastern State Hospital are suing the state of Washington over a law they say will make it easier to put them in prison. Author: KREM Staff, KREM.com Published: 7:17 PM PDT April 5 ...

State Rep. Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, introduced House Bill 1593 in 2019 to provide the money for the new psychiatric hospital. It will be run by the University of Washington School of Medicine ...