Patient at hospital threatens self-harm with fork, Chicago IL
Officers were sent to Kindred Hospital near West Montrose for a well-being check on a male patient with a history of depression. The patient expressed suicidal thoughts and threatened to harm himself using a fork. He was located in the hospital, potentially in the psychiatric unit. Emergency medical services were refused at the scene.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 02
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Transcript:
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I have a well-being check.
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It's at Kindred Hospital near West Montrose.
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Caller is requesting a well-being check for the patient.
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(name withheld), male, 44 years of age, history of depression.
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He has suicidal ideations.
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Claims that he'll kill himself and he has a fork.
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Plans to self-harm.
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1912, 299.
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One more.
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Unison 19.
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We have a battery just secured at the red line at Belmont.
00:42
Callers faced a man attacked him on the CTA bus, 1.449 and ran off the bus.
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The caller was unable to give the description of the offender.
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EMS was refused.
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1934
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1934 1934 5 Eddie, thank you for the backup
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104
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1924
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1924 Is that 1924 Is that 1924?
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1912.
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1912. 1912.
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Could you give her a call back to me if we have a better location than somewhere in the hospital?
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Does she actually know if he's in the hospital or how did she figure that?
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We have a phone number for the patient.
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The call came from a toll-free number.
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And I'll check in with security staff here.
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Otherwise,
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I know there's a psych unit here, so he might have been calling from the psych unit.
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