Dr. Jeff Louie
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We may need to board them in the hallways, at least for my facility, but they will be assessed by a mental health professional in a timely fashion as best we can. And this kind of goes out to the community for the people who are presenting to our emergency department with medical conditions that you will see patients sometimes in the hallways.
We may need to board them in the hallways, at least for my facility, but they will be assessed by a mental health professional in a timely fashion as best we can. And this kind of goes out to the community for the people who are presenting to our emergency department with medical conditions that you will see patients sometimes in the hallways.
And that's just the reality of where we're at right now. Versus if you present to a different hospital, it may take a long time to be seen because they put their mental health kids in rooms. which is, I think, amazing thing to do, but wherever you're gonna go, you're gonna deal with mental health conditions in any emergency department.
And that's just the reality of where we're at right now. Versus if you present to a different hospital, it may take a long time to be seen because they put their mental health kids in rooms. which is, I think, amazing thing to do, but wherever you're gonna go, you're gonna deal with mental health conditions in any emergency department.
You need to expect that hopefully it won't happen, but there may be violence in the emergency department. I don't wanna scare people away, but this is a reality of what we deal with every day.
You need to expect that hopefully it won't happen, but there may be violence in the emergency department. I don't wanna scare people away, but this is a reality of what we deal with every day.