Anoka (Minn.) Metro Regional Treatment Center was recently on lockdown after a man threatened self-immolation in its lobby. The facility has been seeking funding to bring violence and a rash of workplace injuries under control, according to an article on the Star Tribune website.
The man, who said he was a former patient, was demanding better housing, mental health care and other social services, police said.
A “Code Orange” alert was spread by mouth and by walkie-talkie, because staff feared that using the hospital’s intercom might agitate the man.
The state-run facility was threatened early this year with the loss of millions of dollars in federal Medicare and Medicaid funding after federal inspectors found multiple violations of patient care and safety standards.
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