Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
On December 16, 1988, the petitioner was involuntarily admitted to the psychiatric unit of Hempstead General Hospital pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.37 (a), which authorizes the involuntarily admission of a person upon the representation of a director of community services that such person "has a mental illness for which immediate inpatient care and treatment in a hospital is appropriate...
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