NH Supreme Court rules psychiatric patients must get due process within 3 days of detention Share Updated: 6:28 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Share Updated: 6:28 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript DAYS EVEN WEEKS WITH NO RECOURSE. WE THANK JANE DOE FOR HER COURAGEOUSNESS. THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT BY A WOMAN WHO WAS INVOLUNTARILY ADMITTED TO THE DARTMOUTH. CENTER EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DIDN’T RECEIVE A PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING UNTIL 17 DAYS AFTER HER INITIAL ADMISSION TO THE ER AND SHE FILED THE HABEAS CORPUS ACTION SAYING THIS IS WRONG THE SUPERIOR COURT CITED WITH JANE DOE THE STATE APPEALED THE DECISION AND TODAY NEW HAMPSHIRE’S COURT RULED AGAIN IN FAVOR OF THE PATIENT PART OF WHAT? I BELIEVE THAT THE JANE DOE DECISION REFLECTS IS LONGSTANDING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. WE DON’T TREAT ANY OTHER MEDICAL CONDITION. WE DON’T HOLD PEOPLE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION FOR DAYS ON END IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM WITHOUT WITH
COVID-19 vaccinations of youths ages 12 to 15 could begin as early as Thursday afternoon for two of Forsyth Countyâs three main healthcare providers.
Novant Health Inc. said Tuesday it is preparing to provide first doses of the Pfizer vaccine to those age groups as soon as 3 p.m. Thursday.
Meanwhile, county health director Joshua Swift said his department will have Pfizer vaccine available for those age groups beginning with its 4 to 8 p.m. vaccination clinic Thursday, along with 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Wake Forest Baptist Health said it âwill be providing details on some upcoming events for families in our community.â