New Hampshire state hospital turning away mentally ill children
October 1, 2010 in Special Needs News by Admin Dawn
With fewer beds available due to budget cuts, the wing of the New Hampshire state hospital that houses mentally ill children and teenagers has suspended admissions for the second week in a row.
The Anna Philbrook Unit stopped admitting children Thursday and was still at capacity late Friday afternoon. A week earlier, the unit had to suspend admissions for 48 hours.
That hasn’t happened in “a very long time,” said New Hampshire Hospital’s acting CEO, Paula Mattis. But she said she expects the hospital will be forced to continue suspending admissions now that children and adolescents are being housed in the same wing.
Read more here: Children’s wing at capacity | Concord Monitor.
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