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  DO NOT GO TO FORBES. I was admitted to the psychiatric ward in early September of 2016 because I was suffering from depression. The day I was admitted, I could tell that something was wrong about this hospital. I was in a vulnerable state of mind. However, I was NOT delusional. I never have been. When I arrived at Forbes hospital in early September, I was treated very poorly by the staff almost immediately. Later the first day of my admittance, I was physically abused and beaten by a staff member. This was a rage beating. He violently attacked me out of anger He pulled me Into a room and roughly beat me into the ground while squeezing my throat so I couldn’t breathe as if to keep me quiet. He punched me repeatedly in the arm and rib cage. I was screaming for help and nobody came to see what was going on. He then violently restrained me to a bed where I spent the rest of the night. He took photos of me on his cellphone while laughing and mocking me in the bed. He even went as far as to threaten my life. I was scared for my life the entire night as I was alone in a room with him. No employees came to check up on me. The man who beat me had somehow managed to talk them into letting him stay in there with me I believe so that he could keep me quiet. The hospital admitted to this being against their rules later on. There are supposed to be two employees in the room at all times when somebody is restrained. About a month later, I decided to call and inform the hospital of the abuse and mistreatment. When I initially spoke to a woman in HR, she told me that she was very sorry this happened and would make sure to investigate it as soon as possible. She assured me she would contact me back in a week but never did so. After several days, I decided to call back and check up. When I talked to her for the second time, I found out that she had only begun to investigate and wasn’t taking this seriously. Her and I then arranged for me to come and meet with the manager and director of the deprartment. At the meeting, I came to find out that the man who physically and mentally abused me had denied any of this happening. He told his managers that's he only restrained me and blamed it on my mental condition. This was a lie. Never should an employee violently attack a patient. My arm and rib cage were very sore for weeks. I had bruising which the nurse on the floor had seen immediately after the beating. One witness who was a maid, saw my attacker aggressively pull me into a room and shut the door. She had written a statement. Also, when I asked about this being captured on survelience cameras, was told that nobody was monitoring them at the time. The director admitted that this was also was another rule that was broken. However, after reading through the written statements, the director of the unit assured me he would deny it ever happening. All of the hospital staff and even the director covered this up. They were very hostile with me. At one point during the meeting, the DIRECTOR of the psychiatric unit threatened to kick me out while I was explaining what happened. He did not want to believe me and accused me of “talking over him”. He refused to listen to me tell my truth because he was afraid of it hurting the hospital’s reputation. When I mentioned I would speak to a lawyer, the director became very irritated and told me that since there is no evidence to prove this happened and it would not be worth “wasting my time” and he would have to end the meeting. He told me to let it go. Disgusting. How can I let go? It was clear he was protecting his department because he knew what happened to me was illegal. What happened to me at this hospital was horrible. Never in a million years would this have happened to me if it weren’t for the corrupt criminal they hired as an employee. I have not spoken out about this publicly until now. It is something that has greatly affected me. I cannot keep this to myself. This hospital is unjust and should be shut down. Some employees are morally corrupted and DISTURBED.
  July 30, 2017

  by Jake G

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