ProPublica on Nostr: This #Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await #MentalHealth ...

This #Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await #MentalHealth Treatment
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto doesn’t have a psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment.

When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for help.

One doctor said that’s “unthinkable.”

#News #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #CriminalJustice #Law

https://www.propublica.org/article/baptist-desoto-hospital-civil-commitment-jail