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STATE OF ARKANSAS SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS GOVERNOR October 2025 Thank you for writing to the Office of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Governor Sanders welcomes and appreciates hearing from Arkansas across the state on issues important to them. The governor is working hard to implement bold, transformational policies that help make Arkansas one of the best places to live, work and raise a family. I will pass along your concerns to the Governor as well as a member of our policy staff. Thank you for contacting our office. Sincerely Lynlee McMillan Director of Constituent Services

Date: Saturday 15 November 16:58:44 CST 1763247524 From: Stanley K. Lawrence P.O. Box 1014 Wynne AR 72396 To: Office of Governor Sanders 500 Woodland Street Little Rock, AR 72201 ATTN: Lynlee McMillan Subject: Your letter of 28 October Thank you for your reply to my letter. I believe I sent two letters and am not sure which one you are replying to. Since I asked my senator to inquire of the governor as to whether she had seen it I suspect it was the second one. The first one was a copy of a letter I sent to the Attorney General with about ten pages of documentation. The brief form letter I received as a reply suggests that he never saw it - there definitely is a need for a criminal investigation. I haven't tried contacting him again since it seems I can't get past his staff. The other letter was a copy of the letter from the Arkansas State Medical Board dismissing the complaint. Either they didn't bother to read it or didn't believe it in spite of the evidence - hospital records and witness accounts. Since they didn't bother to ask me for proof I must presume they didn't read it carefully and investigate or that they don't care. I don't know who the medical board is accountable to but whatever the reason for their failure to act a dangerous doctor is being allowed to continue to endanger patients wherever he works. I am alive because my family intervened and removed me from the hospital before my condition deteriorated to fatal - I am fairly certain that many other patients were not so fortunate. As the hospital has been closed (strange as such long-term care facilities are more profitable than general hospitals) and evidence will be difficult to obtain if much time passes. If you do not have both of the letters and the information attached please advise me and I can send you another copy. In any case I need to send you some updated information - a more detailed explanation of why the Attorney General should revisit it (if in fact he is already aware of it) and a scientific explanation of what came close to causing my death and very likely did cause others as the same doctor treated all patients. I am seriously ill and do not expect to live much longer as the damage done to me is apparently irreversible and my condition continues to deteriorate. Going to the post office requires assistance and a driver. If there is a need for further communication I can provide you with an email address for the purpose. In any case I should mail the material I have now - should I send it to the same address and to your attention? Thanks for you assistance, Stanley K. Lawrence

Date: Thursday 11 September 11:57:05 CDT 1757609825 From: Stanley K. Lawrence P.O. Box 1014 Wynne AR 72396 To: Governor Sanders Subject: Arkansas Continued Care Hospital Several months ago I sent you a letter describing the conditions at the recently defunct Arkansas Continued Care Hospital in Jonesboro. I described in considerable detail the treatment which almost killed me and almost certainly did cause the deaths of numerous patients. I did not receive a response but as it was sent by certified mail I know that it arrived. One of the attachments was the letter I sent to the state medical board documenting in considerable detail the egregious behavior of the doctor and chief medical officer. The reply from the medical board dismissing the complaint (disgraceful but not at all unexpected) and the response of the doctor are attached as is my response to the medical board. In each short letter I noticed at least one error - one in my address and the other the spelling of the doctor's name. Very competent folks there. I don't expect a response to this letter but I am checking all the boxes. If you ignore this letter I shall not be surprised but in the event you deign to reply let me tell you about myself. Some of the following may be redundant as it is part of an earlier draft. Please allow me to introduce myself. While I am not especially wealthy I consider my tastes to be better than average. If you didn't get the joke please ignore it. I am a retired Information Technology Systems Architect aged sixty-nine years. During my career I enjoyed an enviable reputation among my peers. In the final eighteen years my career I built the IT infrastructure that took a mom-and-pop (literally) company to one of the largest in its market with over thirty million in annual revenue. I was an honor student in high school and when I was younger I served briefly in the U.S. Air Force and attained the maximum rank possible in four years and received sterling performance reviews and the usual medals and other awards. I had a TS/SCI (google if necessary) security clearance and was often selected for special duties because of my security clearance and performance record. I don't put much stock in IQ tests - the Unabomber reportedly had an IQ of 167 - but for what it's worth mine is higher than that. I have never committed a crime or even been accused (or as far as I know suspected) of one and have never been diagnosed as mentally ill. The longest period of unemployment in my life was about two weeks. That should be enough to at least suggest that maybe, just maybe, I am not a crackpot or conspiracy theorist or other such person of dubious credibility. My purpose in relating that information is to ask you, should you reply to this letter to consider your response carefully. Please do not patronize me or insult my intelligence. In forty years of systems analysis and design in work requiring absolutely accurate results my performance has never been found wanting. Ignore me if you like but do not take me for a fool. Four years ago when my family removed me from that place I was literally near death and remain permanently crippled and with a reduced life expectancy but many less fortunate patients are completely dead. In seven years more than a hundred and forty patients died in a facility that should have had an annual death rate of nearly zero and even one death would have warranted investigation. In the course of my own investigations I made the acquaintance of the mother (herself a health care worker) of a young man who perished there under the same circumstances - incompetent and abusive treatment by staff, misuse of medications, lack of attention by the doctor and a fatal failure of diagnosis. I am aware of at least one lawsuit against the hospital alleging wrongful death due to medical malpractice. Guess what? The description of the treatment of the deceased patient was similar to my own experience. In my case I was among other things administered five psychotropic drugs simultaneously (by an unqualified doctor), something that is extremely likely to result in death. I suspect that in other cases it did. Perhaps a hundred or more deaths caused by incompetence, greed, fraud or whatever doesn't bother you? That facility has been purchased by another health care company which announced plans to to remodel the hospital into an acute, 70-bed psychiatric facility for children under the age of 18. I know a lot about that place. It is a 44-bed facility and is old and in bad condition - to make a 70-bed hospital of that size to current standards (it was built fifty or more years ago) its size would have to be nearly doubled and would require millions of dollars and a year or more of construction. From what I know about the company I seriously doubt that they intend - or are capable of - any such thing. The fact that it is intended for children is even more concerning. As an adult I was a victim and escaped only because my family members saw what was going on and removed me while I was still alive. Children whose parents have voluntarily surrendered them to treatment will have no defender. Allowing a company to stuff 70 children into a facility substandard for any purpose with no oversight seems somewhere close to - apparently there are no legal provisions to prevent it so I won't call it criminal but I believe it is evil. As for the doctor responsible if the medical board doesn't have any problems with his actions and the results perhaps attention from state law enforcement is warranted. It may be difficult to investigate now since the facility was closed some months ago but the victims deserve at least an attempt. I did not receive a response to my previous letter and have no idea what was done with it. I have the delivery receipt so if you are not aware of it perhaps you will want to check with whoever screens your mail. If you still have it you can see that it includes a letter to the state medical board and the supporting documentation for my complaint. Attached are the board's dismissal (which I expected) and my reply to the board. Since my previous missive had no effect I expect no different results with this one but here it is. I sent the same letter to the attorney general and will send this one as well. Stanley K. Lawrence Attachments: Letter from Arkansas medical board Doctor's letter My reply to the state medical board CC: Attorney General Griffin

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