If a private company can run the Vermont State Hospital Canteen, why can’t the state operate it?
A for-profit company is not likely to cater to patients’ needs.
House passes bill to reinstate Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital
No hospital, Rep. Paul Poirier said, is without a place where patients and family can get together. Restoring the Canteen, he said, is about parity.
Senate restoration of state hospital canteen threatened in House; advocates rally
Rep. Martha Heath will offer an amendment that includes striking the Senate language about the State Hospital canteen from the bill.
Sinclair urges state Senators to reinstate the Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital
“The canteen could have kept running in the black, but for some reason the VSH administration decided that it was not necessary.”
On the record: Illuzzi floats bill to restore VSH Canteen
“The Canteen is as therapeutic as anything that you can offer at that institution.”
Anatomy of a state budget cut
Vtdigger.org examines DMH’s decisions to shut down the Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital and to move the department from Burlington to Waterbury.
Canteen was more than just a job for Sinclair
Curtis Sinclair had worked at the Canteen since he was released from the Vermont State Hospital as a patient in 1996.
Closing the Vermont State Hospital’s Canteen the “last straw” for mental health advocates
Advocates, employees and former patients are outraged by Douglas administration’s decision to close the Canteen at the Vermont State Hospital. They say it’s the only place left for patients to get a break from the hospital’s locked down wards. In order of appearance: Malcolm Sawyer, former VSH patient; Joe Yoder, a psychiatric technician for VSH; [...]
Opinion: Vermont State Hospital canteen eliminated ‘for no good reason’
Letter-writer: Make judicious cuts without eliminating entire programs Editor’s note: This open letter to Agency of Human Resources Sec. Robert Hofmann is from Curtis Sinclair, the coordinator for the canteen at the Vermont State Hospital. It was also sent to Gov. James Douglas. Hello Secretary Hofmann, I am writing to you and the Governor’s office [...]
