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Little Star

(17,055 posts) Sun Apr 21, 2013, 08:05 PM Apr 2013

Nevada buses hundreds of mentally ill patients to cities around country [View all]

Over the past five years, Nevada's primary state psychiatric hospital has put hundreds of mentally ill patients on Greyhound buses and sent them to cities and towns across America.

Since July 2008, Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas has transported more than 1,500 patients to other cities via Greyhound bus, sending at least one person to every state in the continental United States, according to a Bee review of bus receipts kept by Nevada's mental health division.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/14/5340078/nevada-buses-hundreds-of-mentally.html#storylink=cpy

I don't even know what to say about this. WTF is wrong with this country?

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Nevada buses hundreds of mentally ill patients to cities around country [View all] Little Star Apr 2013 OP

And then they complain about the homeless.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #1

Yeah! Health-care in the USA is just great ain't it? Put them on a bus and forget about them... Little Star Apr 2013 #3

This particular piece of crap dates back to Reagan.... Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #6

WTH? GreenPartyVoter Apr 2013 #2

Greyhound therapy HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #4

Oh, I am sure they are. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2013 #5

A real shame! Newest Reality Apr 2013 #7

Yeah I know,you a single adult? undergroundpanther Apr 2013 #25

wow, that's unbelievable. barbtries Apr 2013 #8

Just dump people off the bus with no meds and no ID. Shrike47 Apr 2013 #9

How cruel! burrowowl Apr 2013 #10

Wow! Damn! Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #11

Los Angeles did it to Las Vegas just before the 84 Olympics. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #12

Generally this sad situation has been going on for quite some time. Wellstone ruled Apr 2013 #13

If this is how we are going to deal with budget cuts GitRDun Apr 2013 #14

Boom! valerief Apr 2013 #20

After how I ended up in Sprinfield after Joplin... Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #15

i bet many are sent to la Liberal_in_LA Apr 2013 #16

Shit. Salem, Oregon (the state hospital here) has been doing the same thing for 20 years or better. cliffordu Apr 2013 #17

This sounds similar to what Reagan did to the mentally ill... midnight Apr 2013 #18

Rich people will spend money on Senators but not taxes. nt valerief Apr 2013 #19

There are some stories that make me want to pick up my computer and smash it against the wall. BeliQueen Apr 2013 #21

Some hospital administrator has made a big bonus from all the savings. McCamy Taylor Apr 2013 #22

Hey, they missed Sharon Angle. JEB Apr 2013 #23

Hardly anyone is from Nevada; I guess they are sending them home. FarCenter Apr 2013 #24

No, the article says pnwmom Apr 2013 #29

You mean they've stopped flying them to Hawai'i? KamaAina Apr 2013 #26

We All Know What Its Wrong In This Country, It's Right Wing Dystopia, It Will Be The Death Of Us cantbeserious Apr 2013 #27

WTF, indeed ReRe Apr 2013 #28

This is how Nevada manages to spend half as much on mental health as the average state. n/t pnwmom Apr 2013 #30