Officials: Patients at risk at Dallas psychiatric hospital
(World News Science)

DALLAS (AP) - Federal officials have warned that patients at a psychiatric hospital in Dallas are in `immediate jeopardy` two years after Texas regulators threatened to close the facility over severe safety problems, a newspaper reported Sunday. A Nov. 1 letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services addressed to Timberlawn`s chief executive said that Timberlawn Mental Health System `no longer meets the requirements for participation in the Medicare program because of deficiencies that represent immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety,` according to the Dallas Morning News, which obtained a copy of the letter. ......