I don’t have the specific stats on how many patients may have been returned by a peace officer to the hospital, but there is a provision in there that if a person is there under the certificate of involuntary admission and they choose to leave the hospital, then the physician can have them returned by a peace officer, RCMP, whatever. But I don’t know how many times that has occurred over the past year or over the past history.
Tom Beaulieu 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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