State officials are investigating the disclosure to Lookout Eugene-Springfield of an Oregon State Hospital analysis into the death of a 25-year-old patient at the Salem facility March 18, 2025.
That document, called a “root cause analysis,” offered insights into the care and death of Kenneth Hass, who was homeless in Eugene before he entered the hospital.
The report shows Hass spent his final months in a feces-filled seclusion room before dying after falling three times in a single night. Staffers waited more than 4 minutes after he fell the final time and was motionless before they entered his room to check his vitals, that analysis and other state records show…