What The Fuck Just HappenedOn a cool October evening in 2. Samantha Trimble walked into the lobby of Millwood Hospital, a low slung brick building on the side of a road in Arlington, Texas, seeking a free mental health assessment. A few weeks earlier in the AP world history class Trimble taught, after a kid started acting childish, she put a diaper on his head something she admits was a bad idea. When administrators heard about it, she was escorted off the property. Worried for her job and her ability as a single mother to support her daughter, she visited her doctors office in tears. A physician assistant asked if she wanted to talk to someone at Millwood. Just after 8 p. m. Millwood asked Trimble if she was having suicidal thoughts. With her pastor beside her for moral support, she replied, Well, who hasnt had suicidal thoughts She said she had no intention to kill herself but joked, Its Texas, it isnt that hard to get a gun. They all laughed, she recalled. She said she had no idea that the counselor characterized the line as a plan to commit suicide. Nor did she know, she later testified in a deposition, that the dozen or so forms he gave her were anything other than standard doctors office paperwork. She signed them and waited for her counseling session. Rosalind Adams Buzz. Feed News. Samantha Trimble. It was nearly 1. 1 p. She recalled being startled to see rooms that were filled not with desks but with beds. A technician rifled through Trimbles purse for sharp objects and then a nurse told her to strip down to her underwear. It was then, she said, that she realized the doors to the psychiatric ward had locked behind her. Trimble, who has recently reached a settlement regarding her hospitalization, recalled shaking with fear and deep, shameful humiliation as the nurse examined her body, noting the location of any identifying marks. All you can do, Trimble said, is stand there and let it happen. The nurse handed her a small cup of pills, and soon she was asleep. When she woke up early the next morning, she recalled thinking, What the fuck just happened Millwood Hospital is part of Americas largest psychiatric hospital chain, Universal Health Services, or UHS. Its more than 2. 00 psychiatric facilities across the country admitted nearly 4. The result was almost 7. Norman Houchin Memorial Celebration of Life Services for Norman Houchin, age 64, of Gravity, who passed away Saturday, Nov. Corning were held Friday, Nov. More than a third of the companys overall revenue from both medical hospitals and psychiatric facilities comes from taxpayers through Medicare and Medicaid. A yearlong Buzz. Feed News investigation based on interviews with 1. UHS staff, including 1. UHS hospitals more than 1. Scores of employees from at least a dozen hospitals said those facilities tried to keep beds filled even at the expense of the safety of their staff or the rights of the patients they were locking up. Current and former employees from at least 1. UHS hospitals in nine states said they were under pressure to fill beds by almost any method which sometimes meant exaggerating peoples symptoms or twisting their words to make them seem suicidal and to hold them until their insurance payments ran out. Patch Adams Hospital 2013' title='Patch Adams Hospital 2013' />A state funded 2. Chicago hospital found woefully inadequate staffing levels, a repeated and willful failure by UHS officials to ensure that their staff were properly trained, and a pattern of admitting more patients than it had room for in an effort to maximize financial profit. Investigators also flagged broader concerns, citing troubling reports suggesting a pattern of quality of care issues, harm to patients, or major healthcare fraud charges involving UHS operating facilities in a dozen other states. UHS is under federal investigation into whether the company committed Medicare fraud. The probe involves more than 1 in 1. UHS psychiatric hospitals. Three are being investigated criminally including one facing allegations that it routinely misused Floridas involuntary commitment law to lock in patients who did not need hospitalization. In March last year, the federal criminal investigation expanded to include UHS as a corporate entity, the company told investors. The company has said it strongly disputes the allegations of civil or criminal fraud and is cooperating with the investigation. It has not been charged with any wrongdoing. UHS also disputed Buzz. Feed News investigation, whose conclusions, it said, are contrary to the factual record and UHS policies and practices and which appears to focus on anecdotal accounts and personal perspectives. It added, Most of our patients are unable to make the same judgements regarding clinical care and appropriateness of admission and discharge that they might if undergoing other non psychiatric medical treatment. Read the companys statement here. The company absolutely rejects any claim that it held patients solely for financial gain. It disputed the alleged findings and conclusions in the Chicago report and said UHS hospitals have provided compassionate and high quality care to millions of patients. Citing the approval of independent regulatory agencies, it said, Every patient care decision is made with the goal of furthering the best interests of our patients. UHS absolutely rejects any claim that it held patients solely for financial gain. After Buzz. Feed News began reporting on UHS, the company purchased the domain name uhsthefacts. Eve Tools Planetary Interaction Eve. A person with direct knowledge of the matter said the site was intended to showcase stories of positive patient care to counter Buzz. Feed News investigation. Many current and former staff spoke to Buzz. Feed News on condition of anonymity, often because they didnt want to jeopardize future job options. About 2. 0 employees said UHS operates ethically and provides high quality care. I can honestly say in my hospital I never felt like people were being held long after they were due to be discharged, said Bill Niles, who ran Roxbury Hospital in Pennsylvania for eight years. They wanted you to perform with the highest standards, said Shari Baker, who ran Palmetto Behavioral Lowcountry Hospital in South Carolina until earlier this year. She called UHS a very ethical organization. But scores of employees from at least a dozen UHS hospitals said those facilities tried to keep beds filled even at the expense of the safety of their staff or the rights of the patients they were locking up. YOUR JOB IS TO GET PATIENTS. Laura Buckman for Buzz. Feed News. Millwood Hospital in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. UHS was founded in 1. Alan Miller, who is still at the helm today as CEO and board chair. Through a spokesperson, Miller declined repeated requests for an interview. With thousands of patients getting pushed out of public hospitals, and with insurance companies willing to approve hospital stays of a month or more, the 1. But the industry soon got out of hand. By the early 1. 99. UHS was still a relatively small player, several of the top hospital chains were facing state or federal investigations and a slew of lawsuits from patients. Meanwhile insurance companies tightened their policies, demanding shorter lengths of stay. Unable to sustain the profit margins that investors had grown accustomed to, the chains began to close or sell off hospitals. In many cases, UHS was the buyer. Kyle Hilton for Buzz. Feed News. Alan Miller. Today UHS has more than two and a half times as many beds as its nearest competitor. Karens Chatt Karens Chatt. Below are some more letters that my dad, Herbert Miller, wrote home while he was at his basic training at Fort Mc. Clellan, Alabama. It was the fall of 1. Company A, 1. 2th Battalion, 8th Regiment there. He was nearly finished with his basic training and in these letters my dad mentions Helen, Kenny, and Em, who were his siblings. PzXS48we0ik/VCJ3er7h0uI/AAAAAAAADJ8/xoZFU8YIl-c/s1600/71f7fe18bc47d745ba07ea44e4b83f6c.jpg' alt='Patch Adams Hospital 2013' title='Patch Adams Hospital 2013' />Johnnies was Johnny and Clara Miller Reef, his uncle and aunt. Herb Miller, Fort Mc. Clellan, Alabama, 1. Postmarked from Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, 2. 9 Sep 1. Hunter Doherty Patch Adams born May 28, 1945 is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit There are always eyebrowraising things people say to those with cancer andor their families. Maybe not everyone would find each of the comments listed below to be. Our History. The beginnings Gesundheits nasal diplomacy began when Patch led a group of volunteer clowns to the Soviet Union in 1985. Optimal management of myocardial infarction in the subacute period focuses on improving the discharge planning process, implementing therapies early to prevent. In this international randomized, controlled trial, we randomly assigned one kidney from 336 consecutive deceased donors to machine perfusion and the other to cold. Mr. Mrs. Carl Miller, RR1, Willshire, Ohio, from Pvt. Herbert Miller 2. Sep 1. 94. 4Dear Mom All,Its Thursday night and no night problems tonight. We fired the mortars today. They were sorta easy to fire. Talking about sit down strikes, read the clipping I enclosed about the G. P. W. on a sit down strike. They really treat them nice around here. I dont know very much news. It really rained tonight, or this evening. Im sure glad Im not on a night problem. We have started to take up boxing and wrestling. Maybe Ill be able to take care of myself when I get out of here. Helen asked where I thought the 2. Division is. I dont know, but Im almost positive they didnt or arent in combat right now. Pretty soon they will send American troops in China. There are some or a lot of American airfields there that the Japs are capturing. So before long they will send in foot troopsthe infantry. I read in the Ft. Mc. Clellan Cycle where Ft. Mc. Clellan men would be the first ones in Tokyo. Guess Id better close. Love,Herbie. My grandparents even saved the newspaper clipping that my dad mentioned in the above letter 1. Fort Mc. Clellan. Postmarked from Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, 2 Oct 1. Mr. Mrs. Carl Miller, RR1, Willshire, Ohio, from Pvt. Herbert Miller 3. Sep 1. 94. 4Dear Mom All,I decided to write youins a letter so here goes. It is Sunday morning and just got back from church. It is 1. 0 0. 5. I have my rifle to clean, cartridge belt leggings to wash out by 1. I have all those pictures taken but not developed yet. Im going to take them in this afternoon. I will send you a set of them. I received a box of chocolate candy from Homer Carrs. It sure was good candy. We leave for maneuvers the 1. October on Friday and come back to camp Nov. Stay in camp for a week and then sometime the following week will be shipped out. I will get my furlough delay en route. So that means I will bring my barracks bags and everything Im going to take to the next camp home with me. I heard Dale was at camp Atterbury. What is the price of beans this year I imagine the corn is pretty nubbing since it was a dry year. Guess Id better close and clean my rifle. Love,Herb. P. S. I have enough stationery to last me till I get home. Postmarked from Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, 4 Oct 1. Mr. Mrs. Carl Miller, RR1, Willshire, Ohio, from Pvt. Herbert Miller 1 Oct 1. Dear Mom All,Today is a rest day so Im lying around in the hut sleeping and writing letters. The reason we have this rest day is because we had a night problem that lasted until 9 3. I spent my first night in a fox hole. It was OK only there were a few snakes crawling around. I killed a rattler about 2 feet long. Other than that I slept OK. I received a large box of cookies and candy from Clara. They sure were good. We got paid this morning. My check was 2. 3. It usually varies according to whether there are 3. Last night it was really chilly. Now it is so hot you cant keep cool. So Helen has her drivers license now. I knew she would pass her test all right. Yes I know ho nervous on gets in a time like that. Is dad still working on the same shift like he did beforeI imagine he gets tireder than ever on some of those shifts and with the work on the hen house. I might get sent to a division and get additional training. They take all 1. 8 year olds for co. The cycle ends o Nov. I would have gone to the Army about 2 months sooner I would be sure of going to a division but since it is so close it is hard to tell. They may send me across right away. Guess Id better close for now. Love,Herbie. Herb Miller, Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, basic training, 1. Postmarked from Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, 9 Oct 1. Mr. Mrs. Carl Miller, RR1, Willshire, Ohio, from Pvt. Herbert Miller 8 Oct 1. Dear Mom All,Its Sunday evening and am about to go to bed. I have to clean my rifle, shave, and write another letter. Im sending you some pictures and also the negatives, so you can get some more prints if you want some. I dont or wont have any more chances to go to town. Day after tomorrow we go out to maneuvers. We are packing all of our stuff to leave. We usually could get all the cigarettes we wanted. Now they will sell us only two packs. Just two more days of scrubbing the huts in the morning, then we will be sleeping on the ground. I went to church this morning, washed out my clothes, and then went to a show this afternoon. It was really a good show, Marriage is a Private Affair. It is really chilly tonight. We should have built a fire in the stove. But we should have to walk quite a ways for coal and also a quite a ways to empty the ashes. Then we would have to polish the stove. So I decided it would be too much bother. Could you send another roll of film Just one more is all I would like to have. Guess Id better close. Love,Herb. Postmarked from Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, 1. 2 Oct 1. Mr. Mrs. Carl Miller, RR1, Willshire, Ohio, from Pvt. Herbert Miller Dear Mom All,Its almost dinner time. We arrived at our maneuvers area OK. Just got the fox holes dug, tent erected and everything camouflaged. We will be here for 9 days. I dont know where Ill get to mail this but I figured Id better write a few lines now and a few later to make a letter. Everything is done tacticallyjust like it is done in actual combat. Im beginning to get hungry so will close for awhile and finish this letter late. Here it is 1 0. 0 and we still havent had chow. It ought to be anytime now. Im going to write on the back of the sheets. You see we had to carry everything with us on the marchgas mask, field pack, rifle, steel helmet, mess gear, tent, blankets, extra fatigues, extra blanket, extra shoes, cigarettes, writing papereverything that we need out here. It wasnt a very hard march out here, the way they talked it would be pretty tough. These nine days will go fast. The guy that is sleeping with me in the pup tent is Pvt. Merryman. Guess Id better close. Love,Herb. Postmarked from Fort Mc. Clellan, AL, 1. 8 Oct 1. Mr. Mrs. Carl Miller, RR1, Willshire, Ohio, from Pvt. Herbert Miller 1. Oct 1. 94. 4Dear Mom All,Its almost 5 0. I started this letter yesterday evening but was called for chow. It is now Sun. morn. We are on the machine gun range, firing other machine guns. We have a night problem tonight and tomorrow night. I probably wont have a chance to go to church until I get home on my furlough. I have to bring all my equipment and stuff home with me. I dont know much news. So dont imagine it will be a very long letter. Where is Dale C. at Johnnies said he mailed a letter in Texas and was still going west. Ive written to Murlin a couple of times but never got any answer. Gene Case is the only one I heard from. Im really sleepy today and have been getting a lot of sleep. I guess its because Im used to taking it easy on Sunday afternoon. One of the lieutenants said they would tell us in our 1. Here at the maneuvers at Choccolocco we use blanks in problems and live rounds on the range.