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Post by Logan on Jun 6, 2016 3:22:51 GMT -6
The new administrator of South Dakota's state-run mental health hospital said he will address employee morale, turnover and safety issues in his first six months on the job. “Give me an opportunity to get the facility where the staff feels it needs to be, where the lawmakers feel it needs to be, and where the community feels it needs to be,” Troy Jones said Friday in an interview. The former New Mexico mental health administrator started less than two weeks ago as head of the Human Services Center in Yankton. His arrival follows an Argus Leader Media investigation that found rising patient violence against employees that has contributed to high turnover at the hospital. More than 1,000 injuries from patient attacks have been reported by employees since 2010, and the numbers have gone up in three of the last four years. Workers at the hospital are nearly twice as likely to file workers' compensation claims as employees at the state penitentiary. Read more: www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/06/04/state-hospital-administrator-plans-address-problems/32640339/
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