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Patients with severe mental illness are having to sleep on the floor or couches inside Queensland's largest hospital due to chronic bed shortages, with some left waiting days in the emergency department.

In one case, a woman needing urgent mental health care was left waiting eight days for a bed at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH).

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