Here's the bad news: Two people died at Northwest Habilitation Center, a mental health facility in suburban St. Louis. One of them choked on a pen; the other was critically burned after being placed in hot water.

Here's the good news: The AP reports that the Missouri state Mental Health Commission issued a report Tuesday recommending ways to better protect patients, "including providing for more independent investigations and making some information on abuse and neglect reports public." There's also a panel the governor appointed looking at ways to make change.

It's the appropriate response (or at least the beginning of one) after two tragic and unecessary incidents.

Mental Health Commission calls for changes