Do you think this can't happen to you...?!
Question: A mentally ill paraplegic man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital that dumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row" -- a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vast homeless population.
Witnesses who came to Olvera's aid said they saw him dragging himself on the ground with hospital papers and documents clenched in his teeth while the driver sat in her van and applied makeup before driving off.
My elderly neighbor was dropped off at his front door by the Ambulance Service who then took off. He fumbled his way around the house looking for his glasses and fell down...he crawled till he could call the police for help. His wife was in another hospital at the time. He wound up back in the hospital thanx to the police. I think the Ambulatory Services should bring these people right You? back to the hospitals rather than ditch these poor folk just anywhere like that. You?
Answers: A mentally ill paraplegic man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital that dumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row" -- a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vast homeless population.
Witnesses who came to Olvera's aid said they saw him dragging himself on the ground with hospital papers and documents clenched in his teeth while the driver sat in her van and applied makeup before driving off.
My elderly neighbor was dropped off at his front door by the Ambulance Service who then took off. He fumbled his way around the house looking for his glasses and fell down...he crawled till he could call the police for help. His wife was in another hospital at the time. He wound up back in the hospital thanx to the police. I think the Ambulatory Services should bring these people right You? back to the hospitals rather than ditch these poor folk just anywhere like that. You?
Another fine example of the broken medical system in our country.
i stopped reading after A MENTALLY...too long of a question
no, i dont think this could happen to me because i am neither mentally ill, nor am i a paraplegic.
an old lady near me got discharged from hospital at 3am and told to make her own way home - shes 83!!!! i think its discusting
He was homeless...!!!! Should they let him LIVE at the hospital or what>??? At least they gave him a ride somewhere!!!
Its a law in my state that the hospital cant release you if you have no where safe to go, if you dont then they have to find somewhere you can stay.
And yes I think a great law and I hope it continues to improve!
Wow that is so wrong
that's horrible that is not right for them to do that i would sew them for that every one should be attented in any hospital how people can be cruel
I totally agree with you but the medical profession has gotten really out of hand since the 50's and 60's. i still remember when Dr.s made house calls. Now all they want is money, and if they don't get it they just drop them off. We need more caring persons. This is only a problem with some of the larger cities and am afraid the same will happen all over the world.
I live in California so have been reading about this in the newspapers. The situation is not going to get any better. Take a look at this.
Schwarzenegger, facing a $14-billion deficit, said in his annual State of the State address that he would propose a "difficult" budget Thursday that would hurt many groups, such as AIDS patients, the poor and the elderly.
He also is ready to cut as much as $1 billion from Medi-Cal, the state's medical service program for the poor, elderly and disabled. State-funded home health care is also targeted for cuts.
I feel bad making cuts for vulnerable citizens. But you have to be fiscally responsible," he said.
My comments>>Well I think we should not look to the government for aid. These are hard times, like what my parents went through during the great depression.