With Jim Goodmon and Gregory Poole backing a destination park for the Dorothea Dix Hospital property, the powerful park advocates are not messing around this time (news story, Aug. 27). Gov. Bev Perdue will be pressured to listen to these prominent people because they have money and influence over public opinion. The General Assembly used money (or lack of it) and influence to close Dix. They defunded the facility for years.
The Sampson Independent – Eastpointe Board of Directors recognizes Dr Jonathan Barnes
At the Eastpointe monthly board meeting on Aug. 24, the Eastpointe Board of Directors recognized Dr. Jonathan Barnes for his 30 years of service as an Eastpointe Employee. During his tenure Dr. Barnes has served as coordinator of Children’s Services, coordinator of Adult Services, clinical director, and chief clinical officer.
FayObserver.com – Editorial: Money panic devours state’s first mental hospital
Fayetteville native James C. Dobbin, who in his short life distinguished himself in many ways, would consider this a dark day. And he’d be right.
FayObserver.com – Editorial: Money panic devours state’s first mental hospital
Fayetteville native James C. Dobbin, who in his short life distinguished himself in many ways, would consider this a dark day. And he’d be right.
Technology connecting CarolinaEast patients with off-site neurologists
Doctors, nurses and staff in CarolinaEast Medical Center’s department of emergency medicine are turning to technology to help fill a gap in their medical staff roster.
Dix Visionaries see destination park :: WRAL.com
Gregory Poole Jr., chairman of Dix Visionaries, thinks the old state mental hospital should be turned into a destination for Raleigh.
Disabilities rights group listens to concerns – Wilson
Aug 26, 2010 (The Wilson Daily Times – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Recently Ike Pakula was stuck in a thunderstorm while driving to central North Carolina from his Wilson home.
Pakula, who is hearing impaired, had no idea the storm was coming even though he’d watched television to see what the weather would be like.
Bigwigs want a park at Dix site – Local – NewsObserver.com
RALEIGH — A group of North Carolina business, education and political leaders wants Gov. Bev Perdue to endorse turning the Dorothea Dix Hospital property into a public park once it’s emptied of patients and state workers.
Dix Visionaries, a nonprofit group, is pushing Perdue to declare the 306-acre campus a park district. The buildings that make up the psychiatric hospital are surrounded by tree-shaded lanes, fields and patches of woods overlooking the downtown skyline.
PTSD and the Veterans Administration: Just who’s malingering? « The Carrboro Citizen
In 1944, when an uninjured private, Charles H. Kuhl, said he “couldn’t take it any more,” Gen. George S. Patton called him a “yellow coward,” slapped him and threw him out of the hospital tent. The U.S. military has always had difficulty discriminating between members disabled by mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder and malingering.
Ashvegas: Asheville’s permanent Housing program of Homeward Bound puts 200th person into housing
She had her hours reduced to part time at a local pet store, which meant a drastic cut in pay. She didn’t have enough money to cobble together a deposit for an apartment and utilities, and she was tired of having to stay with friends, because that meant moving. And that was difficult on her two children.
