Matter of Hogan

PARKER, Judge.

Included in the record is a certificate addressed to the clerk of superior court of Gaston County and signed by the Chief of Medical Services at Broughton Hosptial which states that respondent was no longer in need of hospitalization at that facility and accordingly was being unconditionally discharged on 23 April 1976. Although it thus appears that respondent has been released, her appeal is not moot. In re Hatley, 291 N.C. 693, 231 S.E. 2d 633 (1977); In re Crouch, 28 N.C. App. 354, 221 S.E. 2d 74 (1976); In re Mostella, 25 N.C. App. 666, 215 S.E. 2d 790 (1975); In re Carter,…