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laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 07:11 PM Jan 2018

Baltimore Hosp. Wee Hour Dump Near Naked Patient into Freezing Cold

It's called "patient dumping" and it doesn't just happen in Baltimore. In 2007, "60 Minutes" investigated the practice of removing homeless patients from Los Angeles hospitals and leaving them downtown.




BALTIMORE -- Overnight, Imamu Baraka was walking past a Baltimore hospital when he noticed something he says he'll never forget.

The hospital's security guards had just wheeled a patient to a bus stop, and in the freezing temperatures they left her there. The only thing she had on was a hospital gown.

"It's about 30 degrees out here right now," Baraka says in a recording of the encounter. "Are you OK, ma'am? Do you need me to call the police?" he asks.

Link to CBS

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/man-captures-video-of-patient-dumping-outside-baltimore-hospital/?__twitter_impression=true

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Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
1. Get used to this, if you are unable to function as a human being you can get Medicaid
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 07:19 PM
Jan 2018

except NO you cant , not now, not in KY.

your state is next

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
2. She should sue, get millions, and everyone who knew about this policy need to get fucking fired
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 07:29 PM
Jan 2018

and never work in healthcare again...

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
6. I bet they thought she would die from the cold.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 08:30 PM
Jan 2018

Then say that she walked out on her own.

They would need a cover story.

tblue37

(65,490 posts)
11. She is 22 years old. Not a "senior," but a young woman with mental illness
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 09:34 PM
Jan 2018

who needs help, not callous disregard by a hospital.

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