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A related story from the News Herald ... Burke County
Sheriff's Deputy Jason Taylor sits in the hallway of the
emergency room at Grace Hospital on Tuesday as the
department's round-the-clock observation of an involuntary
commitment patient extends past its sixth day. Sheriff John
McDevitt said the department is statutorally bound to keep a
deputy with the patient until she is admitted to a mental
health facility. The six-day wait places a strain on both the
patient and department, McDevitt said. This wait has been
one of the longest the department has experienced.

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Julie N. Chang | The News Herald
Published August 10, 2009