Final week, Gov. Kathy Hochul pointed to New York’s lengthy waits for psychiatric hospital beds as a cause to spend $1 billion from the state price range to overtake the state’s psychological well being care system.
Some New Yorkers have reported being caught for days ready in emergency rooms earlier than getting the correct degree of psychological well being care. However state officers couldn’t present additional particulars about common wait instances for psychiatric beds as a result of they do not observe that data, USA TODAY Community discovered.
In different phrases, Hochul’s administration is planning to spend tax {dollars} with out key particulars about which communities want essentially the most assist.
In response to questions concerning the subject, state officers stated they plan to create a “new reporting system, which is able to enhance accountability and oversight to make sure constant and correct hospital reporting” on inpatient psychiatric mattress wait instances.
Federal knowledge, nonetheless, tracks the time psychological well being sufferers spent in New York emergency departments per go to, which presents some insights into the severity of the issue.
On common, New York psychiatric sufferers spent 5 and half hours in emergency rooms per go to in 2021. A few of the longest waits throughout the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier, and Mohawk Valley stretched as much as 12 hours, the info present.
Additional, New York ranked Tenth-worst nationally when it comes to longest emergency room wait instances for psychological well being sufferers.
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To enhance understanding of the present psychological well being wants in New York, USA TODAY Community reviewed federal knowledge for hospitals throughout the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley.
What follows are is the typical time psychological well being sufferers spent within the emergency division earlier than leaving from the go to. It represents minutes and the decrease the quantity the shorter the wait.
Finger Lakes
F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua: 192
Geneva Common Hospital: 382
IRA Davenport Memorial Hospital in Bathtub: 236
Rochester Common Hospital: 394
Troopers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan: 168
Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Rochester: 218
Unity Hospital in Rochester: 308
Wyoming County Group Hospital in Warsaw: 288
Hudson Valley
Bon Secours Group Hospital in Port Jervis: 254
Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson: 464
Garnet Well being Medical Middle: 298
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern: 285
HealthAlliance Hospital Mary’s Ave. Campus: 426
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital: 388
Montefiore New Rochelle: 246
Montefiore Nyack Hospital: 389
Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck: 111
Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco: 284
Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hole: 152
Putnam Hospital Middle in Carmel: 194
St. Joseph’s Medical Middle in Yonkers: 512
St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh: 212
Westchester Medical Middle in Valhalla: 241
White Plains Hospital: 224
Southern Tier
Arnot Ogden Medical Middle in Elmira: 711
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital: 239
Cayuga Medical Middle in Ithaca: 372
Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich: 150
Corning Hospital: 331
St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell: 164
United Well being Providers Hospital in Binghamton: 486
Mohawk Valley
Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in New Hartford: 584
Rome Memorial Hospital: 248
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Middle in Utica: 329
