Lehigh News
Pediatric Baker Act numbers up
news@breezenewspapers.com The past eight months have shown a steady increase in pediatric Baker Act admissions at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Although Golisano Children’s Hospital is not a Baker Act receiving facility, they do receive pediatric patients who may require medical care. Many of those cases include intentionally injecting things and becoming very ill at attempting suicide, or other means of self harm resulting in the need of medical care. Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida Chief Nursing & Operations Executive Alyssa Bostwick said many arrive at Golisano Children’s Hospital when they are an immediate danger to themselves, or others, requirements for involuntary evaluation and admission under the state Baker Act. “When they are medically cleared, they are OK to be discharged, they are then transferred to the ...
