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The recent death of a 49-year-old woman in the psychiatric ED of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, after more than a 24-hour wait, dramatically illustrates the challenge of EDs trying to serve these patients.

Many psychiatric patientswait 24 hours to be seen

The recent death of a 49-year-old woman in the psychiatric ED of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, after more than a 24-hour wait, dramatically illustrates the challenge of EDs trying to serve these patients.