Medical Malpractice

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Summary: the last ever In 1972 the last patients were buried in the asylum cemetery by 1981 the hospital housed fewer than 300 patients 344 acres of land were transferred to Ohio University The 1980s were the final days of the Ridges as well as other mental hospitals all over America Reagan s de institutionalization redefined the official standard for mental illness

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