Patient Dumping
May 6, 2008 · Filed Under Health Care Providers
A hospital in Costa Mesa discharged a 42 year old homeless man, put him in a taxi that drove him 42 miles away to a Mission in skid row.
Even though there were many other missions along the way the hospital decided skid row was where he belonged. This is not the first time hospitals have done this. A man who was paraplegic was found in the gutter in skid row after he was dumped.
Officials are investigating this latest dumping and say they will take appropriate action. The hospitals say that they have been taken to court over previous patient dumpings and have retrained their staffs to prevent this from happening again. Apparently someone at the hospital didn’t get the message.
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