Ontario healthcare facility making the hospital safer for psychiatric patients

Safe rooms will have smooth walls and heavy furniture to prevent self-harm


Guelph General Hospital in Ontario, Canada, is renovating to make the facility safer for psychiatric patients, according to an article on the CBC website.

When the renovations are complete, the emergency department will have two "safe rooms," as well as a safe place for patients to wait and be assessed for mental disorders.

The new safe rooms will have smooth walls and heavy furniture to prevent self-harm.

The hospital's emergency department has been designed to provide care to patients with physical ailments, and that space can be dangerous for those who come to the hospital in a mental emergency. 

Read the article.

 



June 15, 2016


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