People With Mental Health, Drug Problems Overwhelm Hospitals

BALTIMORE (AP) — Hospital emergency rooms in Maryland are being overwhelmed with people needing treatment for mental health or substance-abuse problems.
The Baltimore Sun explored the issue after video showed workers at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown Campus depositing a woman in a mental health crisis at a bus stop. The Sun reports that most hospitals aren’t equipped to treat such patients, but they usually have no other place to go.
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