A misunderstanding with the admitting nurse alerted Dr. George, and he took the nurse's erroneous judgment and put me on suicide watch. When I attempted to have the error corrected, Dr. George refused to see me personally to make his own, fully informed, decision on the issue, and instead opted to make me wait 12+ hours (who knows when "tomorrow" she would've gotten to me) for the psychiatrist to evaluate me. HOWEVER - The hospital staff did not consider me enough of a threat to myself or others to commit me or otherwise prevent me from leaving against medical advice, yet they wouldn't lift the suicide watch provision which prevented me from going outside to smoke. So - they basically forced me to abandon the treatment I needed for no good reason (because they DIDN'T really believe I was a threat to myself or others) in order to smoke.
Dr. George was unwilling to attempt to correct a mistake. He passes problems on to other doctors instead of trying to handle them himself.
PS -- DO NOT GO TO THIS HOSPITAL IF YOU ARE A SMOKER!! read more