Hospital Patient Jumps to His Death
A suicidal patient at Riverside Community Hospital leaped from a fifth-floor ledge to his death Monday morning, which hospital union officials -- involved in hard-fought contract negotiations -- blamed on reduced staff levels.
Grant Golz, 35, of Riverside jumped about 10:15 a.m., police said, although no witnesses in the hospital saw him climb outside.
Golz, a methamphetamine addict, had been a patient there since July 19, when he was admitted after attempting suicide by overdosing on meth and drinking antifreeze, according to his father, Mike Gardner.
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