The Minister was referring to the Mental Health Act. It’s involuntary patients that leave against medical advice. Under Section 9, subsections 6, 7 and 8, which is an order for psychiatric assessment, direction of order to peace officers, and the authority of order, have these sections under the Mental Health Act ever been practiced in the Northwest Territories where somebody who left the hospital was actually picked up by a peace officer and taken back to the emergency ward, and given the proper psychiatric assessment that they needed? That’s what I’m trying to get to, because I’m seeing the stats here and they are not very good stats to be seeing.
Alfred Moses on Question 225-17(4): Alcohol And Drug-Related Health Centre Visits
In the Legislative Assembly on March 12th, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 225-17(4): Alcohol And Drug-Related Health Centre Visits
Oral Questions
March 11th, 2013
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