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Community conversations highlighted issues over outpatient waiting times, access to services, ambulance and emergency department delays, and communication.

A second would probably lead to a referral to outpatient treatment and a third to a residential treatment program with the bed held for the resident’s return.

Work began in May 2024 and include a larger treatment area dedicated to patients, including an isolation facility, a reception, outpatient and waiting areas, and consultation and examination rooms.

She told Salon that, after her injury, “I was in the hospital for about five weeks, and then I had outpatient rehab for eight months. Without Medicaid, I wouldn't be where I am today.”

They also make up considerably fewer hospital outpatient appointments than women, even when pregnancy-related appointments are discounted.