MORGANTOWN – Department of Health Facilities Secretary Michael Caruso gave legislators an update last week on the latest effort to come up with some kind of plan for the state's seven hospitals. Caruso was appointed to lead the newly created DHF in May 2023 and updated members of the ...
Legislators tried to learn more on Tuesday about the January incident at Hopemont Hospital that led to a resident's death, and expressed frustration they couldn't get answers. It was the last day of May interims and the members of the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human ...
An elderly, nonverbal man died after being placed in a hot whirlpool at a state-run facility, and the chairwoman of a legislative health committee says that’s a prime example of a case where lawmakers should be able to draw out more specific information behind the scenes. As it is, said ...
MORGANTOWN — With the former Department of Health and Human Resources now trifurcated into three departments, legislators began the process on Thursday of officially naming the new departments. House Health and Human Resources took up HB 4274: a 709-page bill that can be summarized in a ...