September 28, 2026 — 5:00am

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Desperately in need of care rather than further hardship, too many homeless, disturbed and sometimes dangerous people are being swept up by the criminal justice system – and in Sydney, magistrates are being forced to pass the buck to the hospital system.

It has become so bad recently that a clinical director at St Vincent’s Hospital has even asked a bail court to stop sending people accused of crimes to the hospital’s overwhelmed emergency department.

The Herald ’s health editor, Kate Aubusson, reports…

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