Emergency Declared Over Hospital Patients
From Times Wire Reports
Clark County officials have declared a state of emergency after the number of mental health patients in area hospitals reached critical mass, allowing the county to tap into $100,000 in state emergency funds to reduce the number of such patients in emergency rooms.
Nearly 1 in 3 emergency room beds was occupied by someone with mental illness, officials said.
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