She was Chief of Medicine at Worcester State Hospital from 1988 to 2010 and at
Taunton State Hospital from 2010 to 2013.
Taunton State Hospital (TSH) is a Joint Commission-accredited hospital operated by the Southeast Area of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH).
Vernon Street and the State Capitol, Charles Street Jail and the MGH, with a special detour to the
Taunton State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in which Wieners and his father both spent time as inmates.
Other legislative accomplishments he touched upon were $5 million in funding for Old Sturbridge Village; 25 percent funding for tornado damages in Monson, Holland, and Brimfield; the creation of the MWRA- DCR Trust Alliance; the construction of several playgrounds throughout his district; the preservation of open space through many laws and fiscal policies; a new headquarters for the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in Westboro; the opening of new beds at the Worcester Recovery Center for the Mentally Ill; and keeping
Taunton State Hospital open.
Maintains 45 beds at
Taunton State Hospital and funds the opening of two additional wings at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital.
Other funding will keep
Taunton State Hospital open, with 45 mental health beds.
The House budget keeps
Taunton State Hospital open.
Former Mental Health Commissioner Elizabeth Childs said the governor's plan to close
Taunton State Hospital will result in inferior treatment for patients from Southeastern Massachusetts who will be hospitalized in Worcester, 50 to 100 miles from their homes.
Back on the burner at the Statehouse is controversy over administration plans to close
Taunton State Hospital, which maintains 45 mental health beds.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United attacked the governor's proposed budget saying it calls for closure of
Taunton State Hospital and a reduction of services for the mentally ill.