State Hospital awards center contract for mentally disturbed children
Arizona Hospital Board awarded Hal Grammer Construction a 460,786 contract to build a 16 bed treatment center, admin building, and dormitory remodel at the State Hospital. The board also backed a Mental Health Bill to create a separate department, facing protests from Evelyn Garrett and Marvel Whitaker of Mesa. A proposed maximum security hospital for the criminally insane near John C. Fremont School was noted.
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Heroin Teen Toll Soars in New York City
Dr. Michael Baden said that 210 youths aged 15 to 19 have died from heroin this year in New York City, up from 72 last year, with another 250 deaths in the 20 to 24 group. Baden projected more than 900 heroin deaths by year end at a Democratic Advisory Committee hearing.
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