One-fifth of patients attending hospital from hotel quarantine suffered mental health emergencies
by Melissa Davey and Nino Bucci from World news | The Guardian on (#5JXQX)
Hotel quarantine may exacerbate' poor mental health and more psychological support is needed, study finds
One-fifth of patients who attended an emergency department from hotel quarantine were suffering from mental health emergencies rather than Covid-19, research led by the Royal Prince Alfred hospital in Sydney has found.
Researchers conducted a retrospective study of emergency department presentations by patients referred from special health accommodation quarantine hotels in Sydney during 1 June to 30 September 2020.
They found that of 2,774 people registered for accommodation in the hotels, 461 presented at least once to the Royal Prince Alfred emergency department, with 542 emergency presentations in total.