We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses
you may have witnessed while working at Four Winds Hospital. For information on your
rights and how to take action, visit
www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign
because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at
Four Winds Hospital,
you have the right to take action.
HEAL recommends no child nor adult be placed at this
facility.
Name
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Unit/Position
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Additional Information |
Samuel C. Klagsbrun |
Executive Medical Director |
Four Winds Winchester
Klagsbrun is a licensed medical doctor and has been since June, 1963 in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints about
this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 090545 |
Martin A. Buccolo |
CEO |
Four Winds Winchester
Buccolo is a licensed psychologist and has been since August, 1984 in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Buccolo no
longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 007935 |
Janet Z. Segal |
Executive VP |
Four Winds Winchester
Segal is a licensed clinical social worker and has been since September, 2004
in New York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints
about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 023503 |
Constance C. Fallon |
VP Admin. |
Four Winds Winchester
Fallon is a licensed registered professional nurse and has been since October,
1976 in New York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints about
this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 285237 |
Jonathan H. Bauman |
Chief Medical Officer |
Four Winds Winchester
Bauman is a licensed medical doctor and has been since June, 1984 in New York.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Bauman no
longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 158344 |
Monica M. Broderick |
VP of Marketing |
Broderick is not a licensed medical nor mental health professional in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme |
Moira Morrissey |
COO |
Morrissey is not a licensed medical nor mental health professional in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme |
Julia McNamara |
Dir. of Quality Assurance |
There is a Julia Ann McNamara that is a licensed registered professional nurse
in New York. This may be a different person. Julia Ann McNamara
is licensed and listed as practicing in Stormville, NY, not Katonah.
Julia Ann is the only Julia McNamara licensed in New York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme |
Joanne Reichbach |
Dir. of Nursing |
Four Winds Winchester
Reichback is a licensed registered nurse and has been since January, 1968 in
New York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Reichbach no
longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 199917 |
Deborah Oliver |
Dir. of Eval & Admissions |
Four Winds Winchester Deborah R. Oliver is a licensed master social worker and has been since
September, 2004. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints about
this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 065182. |
Mark Hershman |
Sunset Program Director |
Four Winds Winchester
Hershman is a licensed psychologist and has been since February, 1987 in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Hershman no
longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 008937 |
Calvin Michael |
Sunset Medical Director |
Four Winds Winchester
There are four medical licenses for Calvin Austin Michael/Calvin A. Michael.
Three are out of Florida and the fourth is out of Mount Vernon, NY.
The Florida license information is:
Name : MICHAEL CALVIN A
Address : PUNTA GORDA FL
Profession : MEDICINE
License No: 080068
Date of Licensure : 10/08/57
Additional Qualification :
Status :
NOT REGISTERED
Registered through last day of :
Medical School: BOSTON UNIVERSITY Degree Date :
Not on file
The New York license information is:
Name : MICHAEL CALVIN AUSTIN
Address : MOUNT VERNON NY
Profession : MEDICINE
License No: 169622
Date of Licensure : 03/20/87
Additional Qualification :
Status :
REGISTERED
Registered through last day of : 02/13
Medical School: ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE Degree Date
: 05/23/1985
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme
Michael no longer appears to work for this program. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm
|
Jeannette Palmesi |
Westview Program Dir. |
Four Winds Winchester
Also Cliffside Program Director/Nurse Manager. Palmesi is a licensed
registered professional nurse and has been since October, 1981 in New York.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints about
this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 339415. |
Xiaochun Lu |
Westview Medical Dir. |
Four Winds Winchester
Lu is a licensed medical doctor and has been since July, 2005 in New York.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Lu
no longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 237018. |
George Uy |
Cliffside Medical Dir. |
Four Winds Winchester
Uy is a licensed medical doctor and has been since June, 1997 in New York.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints about
this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 207216. |
Jennifer Powell-Lunder |
Lodge Program Director |
Four Winds Winchester
Powell-Lunder is a licensed psychologist and has been since October, 2003 in
New York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Powell-Lunder
no longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 015700. |
Robert Stine |
Lodge Medical Director |
Four Winds Winchester
There are two Robert Stines in New York's registry. One is licensed, the
other is not. Here is the information on the first: Name :
STINE ROBERT HOWARD
Address : NOT ON FILE
Profession : MEDICINE
License No: 089477
Date of Licensure : 09/14/62
Additional Qualification :
Status : NOT
REGISTERED
Registered through last day of :
Medical School: Not on file Degree Date : Not on file
Here is the second:
Name : STINE ROBERT JOHN
Address : YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY
Profession : MEDICINE
License No: 161244
Date of Licensure : 01/14/85
Additional Qualification :
Status
: REGISTERED
Registered through last day of : 12/12
Medical School: NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
Degree Date : 06/07/1983
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme
Stine no longer appears to work for this program. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm
|
Cary Wagner |
Northgate Program Dir. |
Four Winds Winchester
Wagner is a licensed clinical social worker and has been since September,
2004. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints
about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 021908. |
Ryan Lieberman |
Northgate Medical Dir. |
Four Winds Winchester
Lieberman is a licensed medical doctor and has been since August, 2007 in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme File complaints about
this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 245538. |
Eileen Scully |
Woodview Program Dir. |
There are three Eileen Scullys with different middle initials and varying
licensure in the nursing profession (not mental health). One of them
has a different last name and has moved to Ireland. Here is the
information on the other two: Name : SCULLY EILEEN M
Address : ELMHURST NY
Profession : LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING
License No: 189950
Date of Licensure : 11/28/86
Additional Qualification : Not applicable in this profession
Status : NOT
REGISTERED
Registered through last day of
Name : SCULLY EILEEN E
Address : CORTLANDT MANOR NY
Profession : REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSING
License No: 301288
Date of Licensure : 10/21/77
Additional Qualification : Not applicable in this
profession
Status
: REGISTERED
Registered through last day of : 03/14
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme
Scully no longer appears to work for this program.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm
|
Richard Wang |
Woodview Medical Dir. |
Four Winds Winchester
Wang is a licensed medical doctor and has been since December, 1998 in New
York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme There is one Richard
Wang with a disciplinary record. It may be a different person.
Here is that information:
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Physician Name: |
Richard I-Hsiang Wang, MD |
|
Address: |
4608 W.Burleigh Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210 |
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License Number: |
085690 |
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License Type: |
MD |
|
Year of Birth: |
1924 |
|
Effective Date: |
12/20/2007 |
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Action: |
License surrender |
|
Misconduct Description: |
The physician did not contest the charge of having been
disciplined by the Wisconsin State Medical Examining Board for
fraudulently practicing medicine. |
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License Restrictions: |
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|
Board Order: |
 |
Source:
http://w3.health.state.ny.us/opmc/factions.nsf/physiciansearch?openform
Wang no longer appears to work for this program. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm |
Suzanne Davino |
Program Director |
Four Winds Winchester
Davino is a licensed psychologist and has been since May, 2006 in New York.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme Davino no
longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 016761. |
Jennifer McKenna |
Psychiatric Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester
Jennifer Constance McKenna is a licensed registered professional nurse and has
been since July, 2006 in New York. Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme McKenna
no longer appears to work for this program. File complaints about this
professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 574821. |
Donna George |
Psychiatric Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester There are four different Donna Georges with four different middle names that
are licensed nurses in New York. HEAL requires the middle name of this
Donna George to verify licensure and run a background check. |
Dr. Luis Gonzales |
Psychiatrist |
Four Winds Winchester Gonzales no longer appears to work for
this program. File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 190284. |
Samuel A. Bastien |
Ph.D/CEO |
ALL LOCATIONS Bastien is a licensed psychologist in NY and has
been since 1988. Bastien's license # is: 009639. File complaints
about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm |
Kevin Martin |
Chief Medical Officer |
Four Winds Saratoga-- HEAL requires Martin's full name (including middle)
and/or license # in order to verify whether or not Martin holds any
professional licenses in NY. |
Jeffrey M. Daly |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Daly is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 203506. |
Julita Jastrzab |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Jastrzab is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 244663. |
Sophia Monsour |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Monsour is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 264187. |
Adrian Morris |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Morris is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 166342. |
Nicole Tremblay |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Tremblay is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 263549. |
Beryle Van Anda |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Van Anda is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 261088. |
James Colamaria |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Colamaria is a licensed nurse practioner in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 401161. |
Mallory Andersen |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Andersen is not a licensed nurse in NY.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme |
Kathleen Bango |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Bango is a licensed registered nurse in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 463535. |
Jodi Burch |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Burch is a licensed registered nurse in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 576324. |
Julianna Cerza |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Cerza is a licensed registered nurse in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 629803. |
Mary Gallo |
Nurse/Director of Health |
Four Winds Saratoga-- HEAL requires Gallo's full name (including middle)
and/or license type and number in order to verify whether Gallo holds any
professional licenses in NY. |
Sharon Kay |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- HEAL requires Kay's full name (including middle) and/or
license type and number in order to verify whether Kay holds any professional
licenses in NY. |
Noreen McMahon |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- McMahon is a licensed practical nurse in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 083342. |
Karen Ockenholt |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Ockenholt is a licensed practical nurse in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 252959. |
Michelle Simone |
Nurse |
Four Winds Saratoga-- Simone is not a licensed nurse in NY.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme |
Sarah Klagsbrun |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Winchester-- Klagsbrun is a licensed medical doctor in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 214957. |
Jason Velasco |
Program Director |
Four Winds Winchester-- Velasco is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 250287. |
William Riccardelli |
Medical Director |
Four Winds Winchester-- Riccardelli is a licensed medical doctor in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 255248. |
Lara Quatinetz (DO) |
Program Director |
Four Winds Winchester-- Quatinetz is a licensed osteopathic doctor in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 265959. |
Joseph Carbone |
Program Director |
Four Winds Winchester-- Carbone is a licensed medical doctor in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 159578. |
Josephine Kuhl |
Admissions |
Four Winds Winchester-- Van Anda is a licensed medical doctor in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 177970. |
Melissa Jacobson |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester-- HEAL requires Jacobson's full name (including middle
name) and/or license type and number in order to verify whether Jacobson holds
any professional licenses in NY. |
Sarah Wolk |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester-- Wolk is a licensed registered nurse in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 673584. |
Brittany Thornton |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester-- HEAL requires Thornton's full name (including middle
name) and/or license type and number in order to verify whether Thornton holds
any professional licenses in NY. |
Sarah Arias-Magallona |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester-- Arias-Magallona is a licensed registered nurse
in NY. File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 554129. |
Frank J. Prael |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester-- Prael is not a licensed nurse in NY.
Source:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme |
Marissa Sarhadi |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester-- Sarhadi is a licensed registered nurse in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 658510. |
Amy Silverman MD |
Consultant |
Four Winds Winchester-- Silverman is a licensed medical doctor in NY.
File complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 221786. |
Dawn Tree |
Nurse |
Four Winds Winchester--Tree is a licensed registered nurse in NY. File
complaints about this professional here:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/opd/complain.htm License#: 477774. |
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*(Four Winds Hospital, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight
lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and
practices. Please
contact us
with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand
knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.) |
HEAL has received two complaints regarding Four Winds Hospital. The
first complaint was received in August, 2011 and detailed alleged abuses and
violations at this facility in 2000-2002. The second complaint was
received in February, 2012 and regarding abuses and violations occurring in
2002 and 2005. The extended timeframe suggests an ongoing system of
abusive practices and this is why we are concerned about this facility. |
HEAL has verified the statement below. We have removed the identifying
information at the request of the author. |
DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY
PURSUANT
TO 28 USCA 1746
I, _____ [CONFIDENTIAL]_____________, declare and state as follows:
1. [Four
Winds Hospital]..
2. [800 Cross River Road
Katonah, NY 10536]
3. [Hospitalization One: 06/2002-07/2002; Hospitalization Two:
06/2005-07/2005]
4. [I was abused at Four Winds Hospital at the Katonah, NY campus (They
have one in Saratoga, NY, too). Four Winds is a psychiatric hospital and the
majority of their populations of patients are minors. I was there in 2005
for the second time in my life (2005 was when the major abuse occurred) and
I was having a very hard time, so they had seven people on me- some were
restraining me, while others physically beat me. After a while, they
injected an overdose of a very powerful sedative, blindfolded me, strapped
into a strait jacket and threw me in the back of a van, driving me to a
place most of the residents only heard rumors existed. Known as the Annex,
it is a solitary confinement building very similar in design to prison
isolation cells (concrete walls, large fluorescent light, very high door,
one basement style window bolted shut, a tile floor, a surveillance camera
and a single exercise mat to sleep on. I was kept in there for 36 hours
straight with no food, water or medication.
I have also been in their day program, known as the “PARTIAL” program.
Although there was no physical abuse received in my short time in this
program, they were extremely nasty to the residents. In addition, academic
education for both the inpatient and PARTIAL program patients is for 90
minutes per day, Monday through Friday and kids, even in middle and high
school, are taught academics equivalent to a third grade level curriculum or
lower.
At the time, one of the diagnoses I had that was extremely prevalent was
Asperger Syndrome. However, in defiance of the many doctors I had at home,
they swore I did not have Asperger Syndrome, but PDD N.O.S. (Pervasive
Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified). This facility is very
stubborn and maintains a messiah complex with the parents, too.
In addition, they raise meds EXTREMELY fast here. They told
my parents that "they were the professionals and knew what they were doing."
This place is hell. Other students have been kept in the annex even longer
than I. At least in prison, they get food, water and medication! Bottom
line: DO NOT PLACE YOUR CHILD HERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME! They may be
affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and say they commit
to proper care and clinical excellence, but proper care does not exist at
Four Winds and the chief psychiatrist who was in charge of my care had such
a heavy accent, it was hard for me to understand him during my stays when I
was younger. The chief psychiatrist, named Dr. Gonzalez, remains there today
(as far as I know).
It has taken me a long time to get to the point of recovery
in which I can write this account of my experiences. I have been diagnosed
with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a result of my experiences at
Four Winds Hospital and have continuous nightmares of those experiences. The
only way I have finally started to recover is I have started a very rigorous
form of imagery rehearsal therapy.]
I give HEAL
permission to use this statement. I declare under penalty of perjury that
the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on February 24th,
2012.
[CONFIDENTIAL]
SPECIAL NOTE: STATUTE DOES
NOT REQUIRE NOTARY] |

Source:
http://www.nyaprs.org/e-news-bulletins/2004/2004-04-30-3152 |
HEAL UPDATE ON FOUR WINDS: March 23rd, 2016
The Four Winds Hospital
website claims most of its nurses are licensed Nurse Practitioner's
specializing in psychiatry (NPP). As readers can see, none of them
appear to be so licensed and do not have the specialty licensing claimed by
the hospital on its website. And, some of the "nurses" hold no licenses
in New York whatsoever. This suggests false advertising and other red
flags regarding care of patients.
Here are some online reviews we found
about this facility:
Kathryn W. writes (August, 2015):
"When my
son was being transferred from Jacobi Medical Center to Four Winds Hospital in
Katonah, NY they faxed the transfer papers over to Jacobi for me to sign. The
admissions agent, was very rude and tried to rush me into signing them. When
they arrived at Jacobi I was concerned because there included a medications
list that wasn't discussed with me over the phone. The doctor from Jacobi was
concerned as well, as she and several other doctors were helping me to go over
the forms. Bein...view
moreg that my son was only in the hospital because his foster care agency,
that has him temporarily, abruptly stopped the medication that Bellevue put
him on and he had an episode. The doctor at Jacobi suggested that I cross out
all the medications that I wasn't comfortable with, and I crossed out all of
them except for Concerta and Benadryl. The medicines crossed out were
Clonicline, Risperdal, and Thorazine - strong medicines that my son had never
been on before. When that medications list arrived at Four Winds somehow it'd
been changed so that all of the medications were signed off on. When I
complained to my son's doctor she said that she hadn't and wouldn't give my
son any medication without my consent. She said she didn't know how the
medications list had been changed and sounded very concerned. There were also
issues with the contact list being changed, being able to talk to my son over
the phone, not being able to talk to my son initially, not being able to visit
him for weeks...and then on top of it I overheard the staff at the hospital
yelling at my son for not wanting to use the speakerphone to have
conversations in front of the other children. My son had an episode and they
locked him in seclusion, after it seems they pushed him to it. Now his doctor
claims that she always had him on Risperdal and that she told me so. Also she
says that she wants to put him of antipsychotics for his outburst, not taking
into account any of the factors that I've just relayed to you. How about that
I add on that the same foster care agency (CGS) that placed my son twice in
homes where he was molested, and then in a home where the foster parent let
him wander around a dangerous neighborhood alone, is now pushing (along with
ACS, of course) to have my son placed in a state hospital? Does that not sound
fishy to you? Good thing that I had Jacobi Medical Center make copies for me
of all the documents that were sent over to Jacobi. Warning to all the parents
out there who've had their children taken unlawfully by the system - take heed
of the reviews that you read here from other parents. Hold your babies tight
for as long as you can."
Jim M. writes (March, 2015):
"The doctors at this hospital are
lacking in compassion and many of the staff members were just obnoxious. Most
patients were heavily medicated and the rules were stupid. While the physical
setting is beautiful and the food was not bad (hence the two stars), don't be
fooled. It is still not a nice place."
Erica D. writes (March,
2015):
"If you weren't crazy going into this "hospital" I promise you
will be when you leave."
Source:
http://www.yellowpages.com/katonah-ny/mip/four-winds-hospital-10317549#reviews
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