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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]csziggy
(34,136 posts)62. From the lawsuit
" A) nurse called for security to escort Mr. Washington from his hospital bed to the lobby for discharge because Mr. Washington was allegedly 'uncooperative' and 'refusing to talk or move,'" the complaint states.
"Upon information and belief, prior to his discharge, Mr. Washington was extremely weak and ill and in pain and had sought not to be discharged before he became unresponsive.
"When Mr. Washington became unresponsive he was unable to talk or move.
"Mr. Washington was unresponsive due to the fact that he was dying."
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/12/13/63716.htm
"Upon information and belief, prior to his discharge, Mr. Washington was extremely weak and ill and in pain and had sought not to be discharged before he became unresponsive.
"When Mr. Washington became unresponsive he was unable to talk or move.
"Mr. Washington was unresponsive due to the fact that he was dying."
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/12/13/63716.htm
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Dying patient, 30, 'was kicked out of hospital for being "uncooperative" and forced into a taxi wher [View all]
Judi Lynn
Dec 2013
OP
I'm glad to hear you were taken care of and I hope things continue to improve for you.
Skeeter Barnes
Dec 2013
#33
So glad things went well for you! My daughter is in hospital now at UCSF in SF, CA...
deurbano
Dec 2013
#49
Short answer: YES! We've been taken over by the Koch brothers, and it started in about 2009.
loudsue
Dec 2013
#72
I've read several articles about it. Some in the hospital questioned his being kicked out. He was
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#41
There was definitely a release order signed. That isn't in question. He didn't go AMA. The hospital
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#53
why are you defending the rapacious hospital? I've had to deal with hospitals with sick relatives
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#71
Point taken. I just think victims of malpractice already have deck stacked against them
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2013
#86
Someone had to write the discharge orders....either a FNP, PA or Physician....
FarPoint
Dec 2013
#30
More than I'd trust somebody who made up their mind on the basis of such a thin article.
Warpy
Dec 2013
#34
No, the patient wouldn't respond to requests. Whether the physician thought it was an act of
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#46
why do we have to find this in an english newspapers--can't our news outlet cover anything.....
dembotoz
Dec 2013
#11
Well, we wouldn't want to waste the space. After all, the media need to reserve
tblue37
Dec 2013
#50
I believe your belief is entirely well-founded. Someone absolutely despised him for no good reason
Judi Lynn
Dec 2013
#48
A hospital in the Napa Valley turned my (white) mother out to die, and a second almost did.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#57
Judging by how hard the hospitalist was trying to convince everybody she was an IV drug user
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#61
If that white patient was broke I believe the system would treat them like shit........
Burma Jones
Dec 2013
#83
The hospital is Cape Fear Valley Hospital. They had another death a month earlier by a security
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#20
The post that stated 'affluent county" was referring to a similar incident in Marin County
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#59
Yep. You're right. The movie Cape Fear was filmed nearby and the Cape Fear river and cape fear
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#58
He should have had more respect for others after he died. It's so damned sad.
Judi Lynn
Dec 2013
#43
There's that wondrous social network the GOP raves about, where are you, Huckabee? nt
mother earth
Dec 2013
#27