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In reply to the discussion: Dying patient, 30, 'was kicked out of hospital for being "uncooperative" and forced into a taxi wher [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)across the country. Doesn't only happen in the Carolinas.
Marin General Hospital released a mentally unstable patient, in wee hours of the morning, without notifying family or friends. And the patient died on the grounds of the hospital, with someone finding the body the next day. This was several years back, but I doubt anything has changed.
Marin County is one of the top three most affluent counties in the nation, but they don't seem to have Hospital Administrators that are any the wiser for it.
Then at San Francisco General Hospital, there was a friend, who requested oxygen after a hysterectomy. The nurse told her that she was a spoiled princess, and took oxygen away from her. "You don't really need it 48 hours after a surgery."
In reality, T's need for oxygen indicated that there was a clot inside her lungs. And had a resident not checked up on T later that day, gotten her back on the oxygen, and treatment for the clot, she might have died.
Deciding someone is uncooperative, or a "princess" is extremely bad way for medical personnel to behave.