Hospitals discharging people and dumping them off at homeless shelters
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Gemini — 1 year ago(August 16, 2024 03:35 AM)
Dumping hospital patients is illegal. If you actually watched the video, I am assuming that you did not because you aren't interested in facts.
The law is that the hospitals must make sure that the patient is stable enough to be discharged and has a safe place to go. The patients in that video were dumped off at a homeless shelter that wasn't taking anymore people because they were at capacity. -
Lilith — 1 year ago(August 16, 2024 02:48 PM)
Hospitals have no obligation to ensure that you have a "home" to go to after you are discharged from their care for emergency services. If you're there for scheduled surgery, they will ask if you have some place safe to go with someone to watch you, but again, after their work is done, they are not obligated to care for anyone. It is not an "illegal" practice.
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Lilith — 1 year ago(August 17, 2024 07:54 PM)
Yep. It's common sense. They cannot turn anyone away from emergency services due to lack of funds, however, once they treat you, you're on your own. You are not their responsibility beyond getting you stabilized and back out the door.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith -
Gemini — 1 year ago(August 17, 2024 09:46 PM)
This is definitely not the law. You can dispute your discharge if you believe you're not well enough to go home, but the hospital is not legally obliged to make sure your housing situation is sorted. I would LOVE to be wrong about this but I doubt you have a source for your claims.
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Gemini — 1 year ago(August 17, 2024 10:43 PM)
You mad cuz I made a fool out of you.
All you had to do was use critical thinking skills when you watched that video because in the video it clearly states at the end that it was patient dumping. Patient dumping is illegal in the state of Massachusetts where the incident occurred.