He was receiving ketamine infusions, perfectly legal, under controled supervision. His last official one was one-and-a-half weeks prior to his death. However, his personal assistant admitted to working with two doctors and a dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen" to obtain additional Ketamine (which also leads me to believe that, given this ketamine was being obtained illegally, and administered illegally, there was no way to determine the quality, safety or accurate dosage). Not to mention, why would he be given ketamine at home when he was maintaining physician-supervised infusions at predetermined times/dates as part of his recovery from other substance and alcohol abuse/addiction?
He had been sober for a while and communicating with his mother about how happy he was, and how much he was looking forward to the next chapters in his life. This is so incongruent with him taking his own life. He also was not the one who administered the lethal dose of ketamine; his personal assistant was and confessed as much. There were also texts released where the doctors involved were taunting him (behind his back) debating how much this sucker would fork over for payments.
The whole thing is really disturbing and it's still somewhat confusing.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

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What really is unfortunate about this is something along the lines of Matthew Perry. Granted, he wasn't homeless, but what if he were "conscious" enough to realize that something had been done to him that he did not anticipate or expect and got himself to an Emergency Department. Would they do a rapid detox and send him on his way (ie: back into the hands of those who abused their positions of privilege, who would now be even more angry and more determined). After all, their only job is to stabilize the patient and then release them. Sometimes, if an OD comes in, a rapid detox can be done, but no form of actual addiction therapy is provided. That's why there are drug rehab centres.
Insurance charges everyone an arm and a leg and then fights everyone tooth and nail when it comes to covering anything.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

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That is my feeling as well.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

Exactly. Hospitals need the beds in order to treat people who require medical attention. Once that person no longer needs to be there then they are no longer the hospital’s responsibility. People are lucky they are getting an Uber as I would imagine a lot of the time they would have to make their own way to a shelter if they were homeless.

Right? I don't see the problem. Should hospitals just
not
treat homeless people because they don't have anywhere to go after? Lol. It's not the hospitals job to sort your housing situation out .
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If the patient is homeless to begin with, where should they be discharged to? They don’t have a home and don’t want to go to a shelter then what?
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Definitely! And she cut it very, very fine. But at least she is now in a nursing home.

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Idk it seemed like Christina wanted to go to a homeless shelter
I really think she had no idea what to expect and so probably imagined it to be a lot nicer than it is. I mean tbf, I don’t actually have a clue what a homeless shelter is like either but I imagine it to be pretty bad. Maybe there is a middle ground and it’s just kind of ok

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.

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That's all the free information that I am giving you. Do your own research before arguing with me cuz I just proved you wrong. You have to prove that I am wrong now.

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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.

4 words for you; learn to actively listen

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