Monday, February 1, 2010

Fragile, pushed out and paying a price: State saves millions by relocating poorest patients

"I hate that she's back there, but maybe they can help her," Gary Ringseth says of his wife, who in August 2009 is in her sixth stay at Western State Hospital in Steilacoom. Above, on a three-hour leave from the hospital, they visit nearby Fort Steilacoom State Park.