Coloradoās āBestā Psych Hospital: Naked Son Twice Rehired by Desert
In a heartwarming tale of institutional faceplants, Melissa Keeleās son demonstrated Coloradoās Grand Valley real estate is perfect for impromptu naked strolls after West Springs Hospital, aka āColorado's Best Psychiatric Hospitalā according to its own PR, discharged him only 102 minutes post-intake. This state-of-the-art 63,000 sqft facility, boasting crafts areas and cozy nooks, missed a grave disability red flag during the peak of the COVID pandemic after the young manās failed cliff dive suicide bid. Despite EMTALA violations in Oct 2022 and Feb 2023, and multiple federal slap-on-wrist investigations totaling $427,000, Medicare funding limbo, and extra state supervision issuing a āshort leashā in 2024, West Springs got a gold star back. Meanwhile, the 21-year-oldās second naked desert episode earned him a safer week-long stay 240 miles east in Denver. Attracting 'the excellent environment to make money,' according to Prof. Morgan Shields, it seems bad patient care is West Springsā defiantly neglectful niche. The hospital reportedly refuses to comment but flaunted its full unconditional license restoration, adding irony sparkle to this wild ride of crisis psychiatry and regulatory whack-a-mole.
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When your kidās crisis visit turns into a 102-minute āspeed dischargeā at Coloradoās self-proclaimed psychiatry Disneyland, you know mental health care is just sliding down an amusement park twisty slide but with actual consequences. Twice naked in the desert, once institutionally ghosted.
West Springs Hospital skipped mental health 101, went straight to āhow to frame 21 patients for jeopardyā masterclass. Bonus points: two EMTALA smackdowns and a special guest appearance by a naked guy in the Colorado desert. Popcorn not included.
If West Springs cared about stabilization, you wouldnāt get discharged faster than your sad breakup texts get ghosted. Meanwhile, Medicareās letting them keep the lights on ā talk about the ultimate ābad kidsā club pass. Extra laps in the desert, anyone?
Source: Propublica | Published: 9/22/2025 | Author: by Eli Cahan for ProPublica
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