A recent death at Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health was ruled accidental by Johnstown police, but insiders and new state inspection reports obtained by Denver7 Investigates tell a different story More from Chief Investigative Reporter TonyKovaleski:
JOHNSTOWN, Colo. — A recent death at Johnstown Heights Behavioral Health was ruled accidental by Johnstown police, but insiders with knowledge of the situation and new state inspection reports obtained by Denver7 Investigates tell a different story.
Days after Dickson’s death, inspectors with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment moved in, declaring the facility in “immediate jeopardy,” the state’s most serious designation for a mental health hospital. In one interview, a nurse admitted they knew Dickson was at a higher risk. Documentation of that interview describes the nurse stating, “Alcohol detox was deadly if not treated appropriately.”
Over the course of his three-day stay at Johnstown Heights, the state’s investigation shows at one time, Dickson went 16 hours without being checked. Denver7 Investigates took Potts’ concerns to Larimer County Coroner Stephen Hanks, who oversaw Dickson's autopsy. Hanks said national standards do not include “negligence” as a manner of death. But his evaluation of the state’s investigative reports concluded the same as Potts.
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