SEATTLE -- As recently as last month, patients at the University of Washington Medical Center may have been at risk from potentially dirty drugs. That's according to two new inspections by the state and the federal government -- inspections...
TACOMA, Wash. - A Tacoma man on his deathbed, desperate to make the most of his final days became the target of a caregiver hired to ease his family's burden.Crimes against the elderly are on the rise.The American Association of...
PORT ANGELES, Wash. - A local man believes a common medication used to stop motion sickness robbed him of two years of his life. The KOMO Investigators discovered that same medication can sometimes cause psychosis.The drug is called Transderm...
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- Thumbing through photos is a troubling but necessary part of closure for Pennie Saum.“You're going to look at these pictures---those are happy kids, right? Because that's who we had to be,” she said while passing photos...
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – Four different state and federal investigations into Western State Hospital (WSH) are underway, following the report of unauthorized photos of mental patients discovered on the phone of a facility staff member.All four were launched after
MERCER ISLAND, Wash. - A Mercer Island man says when he needed his assisted-living facility the most, he was left to fend for himself.He is telling his story to warn others, and in the process of investigating his claims, the...
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The presence of federal surveyors on the ground of Western State Hospital has been a troubling sign over the last two years.Yet monitors found no emergency failures or serious problems during a two-day long survey of the...
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- Alder Lake is as remote as it is beautiful. Pale green water from glacier runoff can sparkle in the early fall sun.But it also has chilling water that can take lives.“It's just crazy. It don't make...