Britney Spears' Hospital Stay Extended By Two Weeks
Posted by Mitch Michaels on 02.04.2008
Britney a danger to herself and others?
Britney Spears got her stay in a psychiatric ward extended Sunday, as doctors decided to keep her hospitalized an additional 14 days.
Spears was to be released from UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric hospital on February 3rd, but doctors and a medical officer at the ward determined that she should remain, according to an anonymous source.
Spears was committed Thursday for a 72-hour hold for evaluation. Paramedics, flanked by a police escort of about a dozen officers on motorcycles, in cars and a helicopter, took Spears from her home to the psychiatric hospital before dawn.
To extend her stay, hospital staff members cited a section in the state legal code that allows patients to be retained for medical treatment if they are found to be gravely disabled or a danger to themselves or others, the person said.
