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Hospital Worker Fired After Abuse Investigation Gets Job Back

KALAMAZOO (AP) - A former Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital worker who was among those fired last year following an investigation into abuse of a patient is getting his job back.

George White is scheduled to return to work Feb. 16 after he completes training that gives more guidance about how to handle violent patients. White appealed his firing, saying he was wrongfully discharged. He and others argued workers were following a doctor's orders.

Jennifer Eisner, public information officer for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, told the Kalamazoo Gazette that White's dismissal was modified to a 20-day suspension.

An investigation found dozens of staff members either abused the patient or witnessed the abuse that led up to the man's arm being broken in June 2014 as staff struggled to restrain him.

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