Posted by emmanuel98 on August 30, 2011, at 22:28:37
In reply to Re: Would you rather be 'real' sick?, posted by sleepygirl2 on August 30, 2011, at 12:11:20
Psychiatric units are money-losers for most hospitals. The insurance companies pay low daily rates and they have no "procedures" that they can charge for. As a result there are not enough psychiatric beds. I have found it almost impossible to go to a hospital I want to go to. When I've been hospitalized, I go to the ER and then wait while they search for a bed, sometimes upstairs, someimes miles away. I once spend nearly 48 hours in the ER waiting for a bed.
Besides that, I have not had your bad experience with psych wards. I have had to be hospitalized a number of times and saw doctors and social workers daily for half an hour or so. All but one hospital took my cell phone, though they let me have it to call work so I didn't have to call and have the hospital come up on caller ID.
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