Hospital staff sent teen in mental health crisis to homeless shelter

A Dartmouth, N.S., family is raising concerns about how Nova Scotia hospitals handle patients in the midst of a mental health crisis. The CBC's Celina Aalders has the story. Warning: This story references suicide.

WARNING: This story references self-harm and suicide.

Paramedics rolled Jeremiah Dixon into the emergency department on a gurney after he'd made multiple attempts to take his own life. Less than a day later, he was discharged and sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter.

“I was scared and shocked,” the 19-year-old said in an interview at his family home in Dartmouth, N.S.…