The patient should not need to be checked into another hospital in order for the police to assist the patient and her family, if only because the reason they ca

The patient should not need to be checked into another hospital in order for the police to assist the patient and her family, if only because the reason they cannot check into another hospital is that the patient is being illegally detained. To the contrary, the police should be the ones telling the hospital that it's illegal for them to detain the patient, and then assisting the patient in leaving without interference by the hospital staff.