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los angeles city attorney to sue hospitals that dump patients on skid row
after a year of investigation, the los angeles city attorney's office has identified 10 hospitals it suspects of dumping discharged patients on skid row and is now preparing to take legal action to stop the practice, according to two sources familiar with the planned litigation.
los angeles times, nov. 8, 2006
Katie82, RN
642 Posts
This is a tough one, Spacenurse. I worked as a case manager in Baltimore and I spent countless hours working with hospital discharge planners trying to find placement for my homeless patients. I was often successful in finding a shelter or group home who would take them, only to have them leave the next day to return to the streets. Many street people are there by choice, they don't like the rules invoked by shelters or group homes. I couldn't even keep them in Skilled Nursing Facilities for an extra week.