Fourth LA hospital in three years settles lawsuit over so-called ‘patient dumping’,where homeless patients are discharged without anywhere to go A fourth Los Angeles-area hospital in less than three years has settled a lawsuit over a chronic problem in the nation’s second-largest city turning homeless patients out on the streets after they contain been discharged, sometimes while still needing medical attention.
Without acknowledging fault, and great Samaritan Hospital near downtown Los Angeles settled for $450000 and agreed to follow protocols to properly release homeless patients,city attorney Mike Feuer said Thursday. That brings the amount of such settlements with area hospitals to $1.9m since January 2014. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com