Patient leaves emergency room during psychiatric evaluation, Pittsburg KS


A patient left the emergency room at Mount Carmel Way during a psychiatric evaluation against medical advice. Staff request police to check the area and return the patient for mental health reasons.
Audio|Source: Crawford County Sheriff, Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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You know out to the area of the emergency room, number one Mount Carmel Way.
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The staff advising there was a patient there who was for a psych screening when they told him that he was going to be placed.
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He said that he had to go to bathroom and then left AMA.
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The name is (name withheld), 24-year-old white male, with light-colored hair, left wearing red flannel, requesting the area checked, and he would need to be returned.
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Location mentioned:
Mount Carmel Wy, Pittsburg, KS 66762
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