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Woman collapses after mental hygiene hearing
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daveg@wvgazette.com
A Lincoln County woman was resuscitated and hospitalized after she
collapsed following a mental hygiene hearing in Kanawha County,
police said.
A mental hygiene worker got an order to pick up Dolly Gibson, 44,
at CAMC General Hospital sometime Thursday afternoon pending a mental
hygiene petition, said Sheriff Mike Rutherford.
When she got to a mental hygiene courtroom at the county Judicial
Annex, Gibson started yelling and causing a disturbance, but th...
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Woman collapses after mental hygiene hearing
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; daveg@wvgazette.com A Lincoln County woman was resuscitated and hospitalized after she collapsed following a mental hygiene hearing in Kanawha County, police said. A mental hygiene worker got an order to pick up Dolly Gibson, 44, at CAMC General Hospital sometime Thursday afternoon pending a mental
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Woman dies after collapsing at courthouse
Charleston Gazette
; daveg@wvgazette.com A Lincoln County woman who collapsed after a mental hygiene hearing in Kanawha County on Thursday has died, and her sister wants more information about her bizarre final days. Dollie Gibson, 43, of Sumerco was pronounced dead about 4 a.m. Friday at Charleston Area Medical
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Putnam seeks end to delay of mental hygiene cases
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Mental bills cost county thousands: Officials may pay for evaluations if health questioned
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Officials looking for ways to assist mental patients
Charleston Daily Mail
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A `menace to the community': mental defectives in Queensland mental health legislation, 1938 *.
Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society
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Director of mental hygiene law provides vital legal services
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Ehrlich's hunt for cuts turns to social services.(METROPOLITAN)
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