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Accrediting team cites problems at LSH
Most of the 30 deficiencies were related to persistent staffing problems
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The Kansas Health InstituteTOPEKA — A new inspection report on the state mental hospital at Larned has underscored the severity of what has been a major problem at the facility for months and years – Because of the poor working conditions, state officials are having a hard time keeping doctors, nurses and others on the job.The Joint Commission, a national organization that accredits hospitals, found that the facility in the past five years lost more than two-thirds of its medical staff due to budget cuts, turnover related to poor working conditions and other factors.Currently, the hospital has 790 employees. It’s authorized to have 886. The hospital’s 467 mentally ill patients are at the facility because they have been deemed a danger to themselves or others.