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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
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FROM: Mark DeSaulnier Costa
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DATE: September 10, 1996 .. ``'
SUBJECT:
Request a Report from the County Administrator and the Health Services
Department Head regarding I & J Wards at Merrithew Memorial Hospital
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Direct the County Administrator and the Health Services Department Head to
report back to the Board of Supervisors within one week with an account of the
recent incidents on the I & J Wards at Merrithew Memorial Hospital. The report
should also include the measures being taken to increase security for both patients
and employees, and the procedures which will be taken to prevent such incidents
from happening at the new Merrithew Memorial.
BACKGROUND:
There have been two recent incidents on the I & J Wards, one being a murder, and
many accountings of lack of security which threaten both the patients and the
employees at Merrithew Memorial Hospital. The County needs to take every
�,- measure possible to prevent such violence and breaches of security from
happening as public and employee safety is of our utmost concern.
With the current construction of the new Merrithew Memorial, we have the
opportunity to include increased security and should look at all options so the new
facility will be safe for all its patients and staff.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES
ACTION OF BOARD ON LL PROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
Contact: PHIL ATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
cc: CAO SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Health Services
Supervisor Smith
Supervisor DeSaulnier BY pD�, ("��111�, DEPUTY