Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 week ago24/7 Crisis Center Opens In Brooklyn
A new 24-hour crisis stabilization center in East New York offers immediate mental health and substance use care, diverting patients from emergency rooms.
The emergency department at Michael Garron Hospital was built to care for about 150 patients a day, but now sees more than 300 patients daily, amounting to about 107,000 patients last year in a space designed for 50,000 annually.
"Whether it's a young person who brushes off a fall or someone older who thinks it's just a part of aging, it's important to understand that falls can lead to complications like infections or long-term disability."
I had a massively, existentially painful infection in my leg. Childbirth and kidney stones hurt more, but this was a close third. It felt like white-hot radioactive nanites busily dismantling my body from the bone marrow out.