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Who gets a bed in NC’s state psychiatric hospitals — and who waits?

By Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf North Carolina’s three state-run psychiatric hospitals — Cherry, Central Regional and Broughton — serve about 570 patients each day. But hundreds more who need inpatient treatment wait weeks — even months — for a bed to open. The three state-operated facilities are designed to serve North Carolinians with the […]

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