From The Pilot: November21, 2009
NAMI-MC is grateful to The Pilot for its editorial on Sunday, Nov. 15, addressing the inhumane care being given to those in our state suffering with a brain illness.
Waiting times in emergency rooms have been well-documented, and it is not uncommon to wait for many hours, or even days, to locate the necessary hospital beds for those in crisis and in need of hospitalization.
There is no doubt that this situation would not be tolerated if it was any other serious or life-threatening illness other than mental illness!
Thankfully, The Pilot has acknowledged the lack of care being provided for those with a serious mental illness and is doing its part in educating the general public about this lack of care.
We in Moore County are most fortunate to have FirstHealth's Moore Regional Hospital in our own backyard. The hospital works very closely with Sandhills Center and our community to ensure that hospital beds are available for those in crisis and needing immediate psychiatric treatment. I would like to thank the hospital staff that works so closely with the mental health community in assuring that all is being done to accommodate those seriously ill with a psychiatric hospital bed as quickly as possible -- if only other communities were so fortunate.
NAMI-MC appreciates all that the local community is doing to support its efforts in eliminating the stigma of brain illnesses. We realize that our advocacy work is far from done as we continue our community education programs, support meetings and continual promotion for better services in the area of treatment, housing, psychosocial rehabilitation and research programs.
Marianne Kernan
President, NAMI-MC
Pinehurst
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