"If a mental-health professional determines a patient needs 
involuntary treatment, but no inpatient bed is available, the patient 
often is held at the hospital emergency room until one opens up. In 
some cases, patients have been strapped to gurneys and forcibly 
medicated without proper psychiatric care. "

http://legalnews.findlaw.com/article/be345bee03b1d8323d6c9aef7b0e6e87?DCMP=NWL-pro_healthlawpulse

www.peoplewho.org