WEBVTT HIKED DOWN ON HER OWN. AN UPDATE TO A NEWS 9 INVESTIGATES STORY. AFTER SPENDING 27 DAYS CONFINED TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM, AN INTERVALE MAN HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOSPITAL 29-YEAR-OLD SCOTT JOHNSTONE WAS DEEMED A DANGER TO HIMSELF A INVOLUNTARILY ADMITTED TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN NORTH CONWAY LAST MONT HIS MOTHER, DEB TAYLOR, WHO IS ALSO HIS LEGAL GUARDIAN, SAYS JOHNSTONE WAS KEPT IN AN E.R EXAM ROOM WITHOUT SERVICES, ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE PSYCH
Man in ER for 27 days before getting moved to New Hampshire Hospital
Scott Johnstone involuntarily admitted to Memorial Hospital ER last month
Updated: 3:07 PM EDT Aug 14, 2018
After spending 27 days confined to a hospital emergency room, an Intervale man in need of psychiatric care has been moved to New Hampshire Hospital.Scott Johnstone, 29, was deemed a danger to himself and was involuntarily admitted to Memorial Hospital in North Conway last month.>> Download the FREE WMUR appJohnstone’s mother Deb Taylor, who is also his legal guardian, said he was kept in an ER exam room, without services, on a waiting list for the psychiatric facility. There's a shortage of available psychiatric facility beds in the state, officials said.Taylor said the move happened on Monday.
CONCORD, N.H. — After spending 27 days confined to a hospital emergency room, an Intervale man in need of psychiatric care has been moved to New Hampshire Hospital.
Scott Johnstone, 29, was deemed a danger to himself and was involuntarily admitted to Memorial Hospital in North Conway last month.
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Johnstone’s mother Deb Taylor, who is also his legal guardian, said he was kept in an ER exam room, without services, on a waiting list for the psychiatric facility.
There's a shortage of available psychiatric facility beds in the state, officials said.
Taylor said the move happened on Monday.