Thuy Schmitz, 9, of Concord stands with her mother and others during a silent protest outside the State House on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. On average per day in March, 46 adults and 4 children waited long periods in New Hampshire emergency rooms for available psychiatric beds. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Thuy Schmitz, 9, of Concord stands with her mother and others during a silent protest outside the State House on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. On average per day in March, 46 adults and 4 children waited long periods in New Hampshire emergency rooms for available psychiatric beds. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)

Protesters drew attention to extended emergency room wait times for mental health patients during a demonstration at the State House in Concord on Wednesday. During the event protesters wore hospital gowns and held signs highlighting the average per-day number of New Hampshire mental health patients who had to wait days, or even weeks, for an open bed in a psychiatric facility. In March, those numbers included 46 adults and 4 children.