People In Mental Health Crisis Face Long Waits In The Emergency Room For An Available Bed

With emergency rooms overcrowded and understaffed in the coronavirus pandemic, individuals facing a mental health crisis may have to wait days before a bed is available.

Boarding — the process where patients wait in the emergency room before proper care is available, sometimes in stretchers in the hallways — is becoming more common in hospitals.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Dr. Seth Trueger, an emergency room doctor at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, about the long waits.