{"id":2346,"date":"2026-07-08T05:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2026-07-08T05:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T05:07:16","slug":"south-carolina-mental-health-facility-cited-after-hawaii-patients-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2346","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina mental health facility cited after Hawaii patient\u2019s suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A South Carolina mental health facility where a Hawaii patient died by suicide last November is being cited for withholding records related to his death, according to a report from the South Carolina Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2344\">First Alert Forecast: Increased chance for showers starting Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Payton Hough died at Columbia Regional Care Center apparently by suicide last November, and HNN Investigates has been following the case for eight months. The report from the South Carolina state investigators is the first official information from any of the government agencies responsible for Hough\u2019s care or investigating his death.<\/p>\n<h2>What the report found<\/h2>\n<p>South Carolina health investigators made an unannounced visit to Columbia Regional Care Center on April 24. During the visit, they toured the facility, interviewed three managers, and reviewed staffing reports from the day Hough died.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators found the facility had already failed to submit a required report within one week of the incident. When investigators asked for additional records, the report said, \u201cThe Administrator stated that this incident has made the news recently and all Patient A\u2019s records including his\/her incident report were sent to the facility law office for security. Patient A\u2019s incident report for 11\/25\/25 was not kept on site and readily available on the day of investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The state\u2019s law requires records to be retained and available at the facility in case investigators visit.<\/p>\n<p>The report, updated Monday, states the state still had not received a plan to correct the violation from the company. It asks the facility to submit a plan of correction by Thursday, July 9.<\/p>\n<h2>Attorney: \u2018No supervision, no accountability\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Attorney Eric Seitz is suing the state of Hawaii for the Hough family over its decision to send Hough to the South Carolina facility. Hough had been involved in violent incidents at the Hawaii State Hospital and at Oahu Community Correctional Center, for which he was acquitted because of his mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2342\">OHA trustees clash over CEO lawsuit, minority trustees back full damages<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey send people off to the mainland, and they just forget about them,\u201d Seitz said.<\/p>\n<p>Seitz said stonewalling is common in cases like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen something happens, everybody panics, but they don\u2019t really do anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the withholding of records reflects a broader pattern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen suicides occur, or something occurs, it is largely because there\u2019s no supervision, there\u2019s no accountability, and after the fact, when people ask for explanations, we have this kind of situation reoccur, where they don\u2019t have the information,\u201d Seitz said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Seitz said the state of Hawaii should act on what the report reveals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt obviously raises questions, and if that\u2019s the kind of problem, and that\u2019s the kind of response that people get when they do ask questions, then frankly, Hawaii ought to terminate its relationship right away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawaii\u2019s response<\/h2>\n<p>Sources say the Hawaii Department of Health sent two hospital executives to South Carolina to visit the facility. The department has not publicly addressed the case, citing patient privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Officials told Hawaii News Now the state pays approximately $1.8 million per year to house seven patients at the facility but would not say whether they are reconsidering that arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2340\">Spotlight Now: Cultural stewardship on Hawaii Island<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Previous coverage<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Carolina mental health facility where a Hawaii patient died by suicide last November is being cited for withholding records related to his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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