Hospitals Accused of 'Dumping' Homeless on LA Skid Row

[Celebration]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1761873&page=1

"I was lookin' at him and I was wondering why the hospital would have let him go that way … in that condition," said Gregory Williams, who was also staying at the mission.

Officials say Marveil Williams' story isn't unique. This week, another "dumping" was caught on tape. Carol Ann Reyes, 63, was loaded into a cab by Kaiser Permanente hospital staff and dumped on Skid Row, wearing nothing more than a hospital gown and socks, police said.

"She was very disoriented. She didn't know where she was or what she was doing," said Regina Chambers, who works at the Union Rescue Mission. "All she knew is that she had been to a hospital. She didn't know which one."

Diana Bonta, vice president of public affairs for Kaiser Southern California, told The Associated Press the incident violated hospital policy and would not occur again.

[redwitch]

1. greatest country in the world?

n/t

[Wickerman]

2. That is something out of a bad Law and Order script

Or, should be. :think:

When the hell will this country wake up and realize that managed care has destroyed the economy and health of this country?

[oscar111]

3. no arrests in this case?

should be.