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janterry

(4,429 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2020, 03:49 PM Jul 2020

Nearly Three Dozen test positive at Florida state psychiatric hospital

Almost three dozen people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at Florida State Hospital, the state’s largest mental health hospital, located in Chattahoochee.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/07/22/almost-three-dozen-coronavirus-cases-now-florida-state-hospital/5485504002/

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Nearly Three Dozen test positive at Florida state psychiatric hospital (Original Post) janterry Jul 2020 OP

jesus...what a nightmare... dhill926 Jul 2020 #1

I know someone whose grandmother tested positive with dx of schizophrenia janterry Jul 2020 #2

Very sad... Stuart G Jul 2020 #3

dhill926

(16,298 posts)

1. jesus...what a nightmare...

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 03:59 PM

Jul 2020

janterry

(4,429 posts)

2. I know someone whose grandmother tested positive with dx of schizophrenia

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 04:31 PM

Jul 2020

and they did everything they could to treat her - but in the end they had to resort to palliative care (she fought them - refused treatments due to her psychosis). They risked staff and even brought in her son (over 60 himself, with medical issues) to try to convince her to calm down.

It really was a mess - not only a horrible thing for her but dangerous for the medical staff and her family.

Stuart G

(38,403 posts)

3. Very sad...

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 05:34 PM

Jul 2020

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