‘It’s like I’m worthless’: Troubleshooters investigate patient dumping allegations

John Boel investigates after multiple reports of patients being dumped out of Louisville hospitals.

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[@dkbsoulman]

As an American I've said it for years: here you are not a patient, you are a customer.

[@karalynne7616]

👏good one! So if you can't pay, they dump you outside. Sad but clearly happening. It's inhumane to treat fellow human beings like they are garbage.

[@user-zp6ff2gr4n]

​@karalynne7616 why aren't you letting them live with you?

[@gretaholmes783]

Search it out and see AMERICAN HOSPITALS HAVE shut down labor and delivery for not being profitable burn 🔥 units for next for not being profitable and now pediatrics? Shut them down they say -not profitable. I guess they put a price tag on our heads maybe they can tattoo the barcode on mine to see if I get it or not!!!

[@mrsdmp2u26]

Exactly! 💯

[@karalynne7616]

@user-zp6ff2gr4n That's an overused question that solves nothing, and only distracts from trying to find real solutions. My purpose in responding was to agree that healthcare is more a business than service & humans shouldn't be treated like garbage.

[@Boxerluver]

Dear God, an elderly woman collapsed in the street and it’s the actual hospital that dumped her. What have we become as a society.

[@GypsyGirl317]

The quality of a society is measured by the value they place on their most vulnerable.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Our *evil* is showing more?

[@AFA111]

Ukraine needs help, give them a trillion dollars package. This is nothing in front of what's happening in the Ukrainian.

[@chrisjenkins203]

Are you on your way up there to go get her? Oh, you’re not?! Let me guess, to busy at home surfin the net, sippin tea wrapped up in a blanky.

[@thatcomicdad1687]

​@@AFA111I think the people in the U.S.A. are more important

[@Dawndrea2David]

As a nurse I would loose my job before I let any of this atrocity happen to any of my patients

[@pm2886]

If you're prepared to let the seriously ill go untreated, just to give a bed to a homeless person, then you probably should lose your job.

[@thecollegedropout2031]

@@pm2886homeless people get seriously ill too dipshit I’m glad you’re not a nurse

[@gigaus0]

unfortunately, it'd be out of your hands if it happened; admin tends to 'make the call' when this bs happens.

[@bushballistics329]

❤ we need more like you!

[@brianj713]

Bless u

[@christy1768]

Hospital ceos should be sued for allowing patient abuse

[@jacobtoms3018]

CEO shouldn't be a thing when talking about healthcare

[@ShellyJohnson-wk7py]

The American Healthcare system is absolutely terrifying

[@c.sanchez4521]

The greed. Sickening.

[@randymoran67]

Pay to play

[@DaveDemo3]

Pretty sure it's litteraly 1st world healthcare. Watch as we let all the homeless people live inside the hospitals "wE aRe OvER CrOWdED" fucking idiots

[@yark618]

By design

[@jamescosta1174]

Define healthcare first. Then one can begin to...

[@strnglhld]

Why is no one blaming the hospital administrators and CEOs? They’re the reason this is happening.

[@jayjaynella4539]

Investigators are not allowed to question or audit admins and ceos.

[@hellooutthere8956]

No the government is why this is happening.

[@TheBandit7613]

Hospitals will quickly go bankrupt.

[@patriciawarmoth661]

Really need the full story from both sides. So many family members do not want to take their family home, because they want to be free to go out, party, what ever. So we need to get the story from both sides first before making judgment.

[@ramblinvanman6250]

Personal financial irresponsibility is the reason

[@Commonsenserideshare]

Sue this hospital and shut it down

[@gigaus0]

laws prevent that, as of 2017.

[@Apostate1970]

You want to shut down all hospitals because there aren't enough elderly care facilities and homeless shelters. Real brainac move.

[@pofuno]

Lmfao ok soapbox joe good luck 😂😂😂

[@adrianbargen9727]

Why? For booting a homeless person with a smoker's cough. It isn't a homeless shelter. It isn't the hospital's problem. They need a number to call so the city can send social workers and/or police to collect the person and find them a place to go.

[@jacobtoms3018]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@adrianbargen9727 People like you are the reason America is suffering. Homeless people are still people and should be treated like people. If they’re having a medical emergency, police can’t help much because they aren’t doctors. Homeless shelters are underfunded and overflowing with people. Shelters don’t have doctors to do anything if it’s serious.

[@Tina-ez5pg]

They need to be charged with attempted murder.

[@Boutys_mom]

This is NOT about training. Its about money!! Greedy, heartless organization.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

You know what is awesome? When the hospitals go bankrupt and shut down and nobody gets help!

[@danpress7745]

True, $$$. Sad, But, hospitals need $$$ to operate, maybe u can donate $$$ to your local hospital.

[@ElaraNightsky]

easy to say behind a keyboard, are you gona pay for her hospital stay?🙄

[@bone3594]

Absolutely!!!

[@bone3594]

The U.S. health care system is messed up

[@elizabethalton4097]

Dumping someone out on the street who is not able to take care of them selves should be against the law

[@APackOfHungryGhosts]

It IS. That's the point.

[@nobody-fs8jj]

Medical negligence

[@aj2228]

here comes the communism talk.

[@danielsdiary8371]

Jesus loves you ❤ ✝️ Jesus is Savior of the world ❤ Jesus saves from hell. Jesus died for us on the cross. He rose again and is coming soon. We are living in the end times. Take refuge in His name ❤ ✝️ Just by the blood of Jesus that our sin is washed away. Not by our own works so no one can boast. Every one is a sinner and falls short of the glory of God. We need Jesus. We are living in the end time. Take a look at the Bible. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand. Repent and return to Jesus ✝️. Cry out to Him. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus and be saved. Kneel down before Him before it's too late.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🌎🌎🌎❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@petersierra9422]

​@danielsdiary8371 thank you this is it we're at the precipice of the end where everyone will figure out who was the only being that ever care for them..

[@rosaruiz4591]

That poor little old lady crying is just heartbreaking.💔 I cannot believe people are being treated like this! Lord please help us 🙏🏻

[@pm2886]

Yes, it's very sad when families won't take care of their loved one.

[@stoneneils]

Its been like this forever in your country, all to the applause of republicans. Its hard to feel sympathy after all these decades of EVERY other welathy nations caling you idiots for not having universal healthcare. You insist on being special..well..special you arei indeed. Just like your homelessness, republicans cry for the landlords everytime I post about my rent-control and paying only $660 in 2024 for a very nice safe studio aparmtnet right downtown where all the action is. You are suffering conservatism.

[@brennanarmacost1762]

She was very ill and then she died from the stress of this happening! What the hell? What video did you watch? Maybe you're one of those damn bots!

[@carollynnlaney1530]

Shame on these people! What are they doing?

[@bannockchief]

Go help them out yourself, nothing is stopping you.

[@hakumenx1]

This is a population that cares more about stray dogs than fellow humans.

[@DivineMizE]

This is not only illegal, its inhumane, unethical, and unconscionable. Shame on them!!

[@texasgoddess323]

We don’t do homeless, injured dogs like that!!

[@brynjarthewarrior2680]

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul😊

[@brynjarthewarrior2680]

​@@texasgoddess323Yes, Texas does the same thing.😊

[@anderfu8273]

Well said!!! So when can the homeless move into your living room?

[@brynjarthewarrior2680]

@@anderfu8273 I just about do have the homeless in my living room. I live here in San Francisco, California, and we have homelessness on a level higher. I've never seen as many homeless people this bad since the 80s AIDS epidemic. People are literally dying on the street. Let's first address the old, "Well, San Francisco blah blah blah." Our situation is no difference from many cities and states are struggling with. I see it every day. Treat em with the same respect you'd treat anyone.

[@earth4665]

Disgusting. I've never been so ashamed in my country before in my life

[@thisis.michelletorres444]

@fal... what? Tennessee is a red state.

[@watsonphitness9117]

theres a ton to be ashamed of, our country is a corrupt joke sadly

[@meeeeeee-uz1im]

I have when Biden won the election

[@MiracleFound]

​@@thisis.michelletorres444which is why poor people can't get care. Vote red to continue having people dumped on the street.

[@xian4812]

​@@fallcolors05voting red is why you don't have universal health care which would prevent hospitals from dumping people in the streets.

[@kimberlycorliss9616]

I couldn't do that to someone. That's so cruel. You know it's because they have no money.

[@pofuno]

And that’s what makes it so easy they are poors fixing them is a waste of time

[@thelittleredbarnpreschool397]

Some where in their life they made a CHOICE, like you and me about which Road of Life to go down. We choose, with our own free will. That was HER choice so allow her to complete her journey. Is anybody throwing pre-taxed money, healthcare and food your way? God provides.

[@charliedeegan1598]

​@@thelittleredbarnpreschool397 God regularly disparages the rich and tells them to give their money to the poor. I'll see you in hell right along with us sweetie

[@cubic9960]

Anyone who does that is pure evil.

[@wendy_lee]

The amount of money we're charged for insurance AND our deductible while they do this to people is infuriating.

[@mayoluck]

Why so many of us refuse to pay into the system. Its just a shake down.

[@davidschmidt270]

Exactly!!! I say 5 years minimum hard HARD time Federal time for each board member..... televise it so all the other dueshbags can see that when you treat nobodies like this this could happen to you!

[@caulkins69]

These people aren't paying anything. How much more are you willing to pay to subsidize them?

[@cdngirlntx]

Universal healthcare could solve so many issues like this in the US if they would just consider giving it a chance.

[@cdngirlntx]

Subsidize them? wow. That's a pretty rotten attitude to take. They are human beings who deserve to be treated as such and be provided with healthcare.

[@TheGothicdolphin]

Seeing the elderly woman discarded on the freezing sidewalk truly shattered my heart.

[@supertruckertom]

Where was her family?

[@_pitaph_6392]

But not the news videotaping her, though, right?

[@thefox47545]

​@@_pitaph_6392Gotta get that money shot.

[@TheGothicdolphin]

@_pitaph_6392 Good point, thank you.

[@Freakazoid12345]

​@@thefox47545At least they're bringing attention to a worthy cause for once. If it bleeds, it leads. People leaving comments online are no better.

[@coconow1]

I’m a retired RN and this is heartbreaking. I don’t care what excuses the hospitals give. They dumped a sick old lady in a soiled gown on the sidewalk in cold weather with just a thin hospital blanket, and they didn’t even cover her properly. This is evil. None of us know what the situation will be at the end of our life. If it happened to these people it could happen to us too.

[@the.magic.catbus9459]

They aren’t supposed to dump people. The hospital social worker needs to work with social services and the county to place them in an extended/rehabilitation care center if long term care is needed and if they don’t need extended care but can not live independently they are supposed to place them in an adult group home if they do not have any familial support system. The state will pay the group home for their care and they will have Medicaid/Medicare for health insurance. This hospital should be sued

[@donhardy9248]

Maybe the individual should take more responsibility for his/her own life. And those who feel differently should provide catbus housing.

[@lisaheimbigner5481]

​@@donhardy9248very unkind of you,,, obviously

[@donhardy9248]

@@lisaheimbigner5481 I simply believe in personal responsibility. Period.

[@lisaheimbigner5481]

@@donhardy9248 i get u,I am really the same belief but case by case,I retired as a correctional officer and can agree with you, peace brother

[@deadcell1]

All of which requires money. These people probably had no insurance, so alot of those places you suggest they go to won't accept them.

[@Ryanbetty344]

People don't deserve to be treated like this whether they have insurance or not.

[@aeonsbeyond]

but nobody in America will do the difficult and bloody work of demanding justice from insurance agencies or medical infrastrutcture

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

@@aeonsbeyond maybe someone should force labor out of you for no cost.

[@MiracleFound]

​@aeonsbeyond so you are expecting them to provide expensive care for free. Legally they are only required to provide life saving care. The problem is a for profit healthcare system. We don't have a healthcare system in the US for anyone who can't afford it.

[@avalerie4467]

No hospital can refuse anyone emergency medical care. If you can't pay the bill, they make a workable payment plan. It does not impact your credit score. That hospital needs to be sued.

[@ab-jx6xi]

Until all hospitals are filled with homeless and illegals and you get sick. Until you need a bed. Or your kid. Then you will understand.

[@recole374]

That picture of that elderly lady on the ground and the other elderly lady that couldn't breathe is absolutely heartbreaking. Those "medical professionals " take an oath to do no harm. Disgusting.

[@aquariusmoon771]

Saw this last month and haven't been able to get these images out of my mind. Enraging.

[@ednajohnson8771]

That was horrible of hospital did this to the person That family is suing the hospital of negligence

[@MistressGlowWorm]

It’s not the doctors and nurses, it’s the wealthy administrators-I could assure of you that-because if a celebrity were to stay there you’d see a completely different standard of care.

[@alphacentaury]

she was breathing fine, I didn't see any respiratory distress on camera. she probably went to the ER for a painkiller. I invite you to go to your local ER or shelter. I'm sure more than one will use your help. You don't need to take a oath to serve others, and in turn will help you digest that disgusting feeling you experiencing now. Blessings my friend!

[@damonhtoo]

Regardless of what the hospital does as a whole, doctors and nurses working at facilities engaged in patient dumping should permanently lose their licenses.

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

Are you kidding me?? Dumping an elderly woman on the sidewalk?? I’m seriously going to be sick. Shame on that hospital!

[@KiraCuraMusic]

THEY NEED TO GO TO JAIL 😡😡😡

[@KelzAnn7]

As an EMT I was doing a non emergency transport where a patient was being discharged out of a hospital and the destination to drop them off wasn't an address. All it said was red van and the name of the street it was on. This man was in his 80's and could barely stand let alone walk. We asked if he could be sent to a facility and due to lack of insurance there was nowhere for him to go and that we had to bring him there. We drove to this red van and it wasn't even a running vehicle. It was junk in someones yard. We contacted a shelter ourselves and filed a report with the state. Not sure what was done about it but I'll never forget how gut wrenching and heart breaking that situation was. Humanity deserves so much more. There should be more programs for the uninsured and homeless instead of just dumping them like garbage to get them out of the way. Its inhumane

[@lorisalim4598]

In the US, a man in his 80s should be on Medicare! No excuses for this!

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Becuz yes! The ppl carrying out heinous orders ARE liable Don’t do wrong just becuz ur getting pd Do the right thing N shout the names of the perps LOUD

[@triciagrant2315]

​@@lorisalim4598Medicare does not pay for long term care. If the person had a qualifying diagnosis it would pay 80% of a rehabilitation stay for 90 days. That is it.

[@jawarholol4651]

​@@triciagrant2315That doesn't mean he couldn't have utilized the local shelter, or availed himself of the numerous social programs available to the indigent. OP even stated he sent a referral there. There is a large portion of the homeless that do not want help. OP: don't feel bad, it's likely your patient was one of these people. It is what it is, and there's not much anyone can do besides force him to change.

[@cw2497]

Oh, apparently people that can't pay are putting a strain on the medical system and it's costs. In other words they can't afford to treat you if you're homeless or don't have insurance. They will die on the streets and this is the good old USA.

[@johndoe-lm7ji]

Hospital policies are disgusting. Save the rich and discard the poor.

[@kjk4795]

Hospitals need that cash

[@lethamash7784]

The future looks sunny for trump, dk about you all

[@Truth2power5848]

It should have never been about money is humans should just want to heal save and help each other

[@Buttercup697]

@@kjk4795is that why they charge 40$ for a single ibuprofen tablet? And tne insurance companies in the US are the greatest money gobblers… a procedure (robotic surgery hip replacement) costs 5000€ in Greece, all inclusive, with a private hospital/doctor… In the USA, “Without insurance, the cost typically ranges from $31,000 to $45,000 for the surgery alone. “… tell me again how hospitals are not getting enough money. Of course it’s free if you use the National healthcare system here in Greece.

[@whitebluesky6932]

​@@Truth2power5848 We do need to put God first.

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I had hernia surgery here in Michigan and the " Christian" hospital insisted that I had to go the next day. I was in great pain, and had no one to care for me. After much pleading, they let me stay in a room in for hospital visitors for 2 days. I ended up going back there later for a hip replacement and they raced to get me out of there, even though my leg had become infected. I spent 3 weeks in a great rehab facility, and Thank God for them, they were lifesavers.

[@annemcconahy3311]

I hope that in addition to filming the elderly woman, the TV crew provided temporary help, and got her emergency help immediately!!

[@personincognito3989]

The American health care system is deeply disgusting.

[@brandonearly2963]

This is a Christian mission so think about that too

[@roops2939]

Don't fall ill in the UK either. The system is broken and people are dying unnecessarily

[@angelonearth8498]

Needs to learn from Copenhagen’s government on Health care

[@KyleEvra]

You Breeders and Pronatalists shouldn't be complaining about it. You are the ones support this sadistic cruel System by having more Children you are continuing this cycle of Cruelty and Pro-suffering Society.

[@engmed4400]

I work in an ER not in that area, and we don't treat people like that. This is unspeakably evil, and I hope justice is found.

[@medcastrophilip544]

RIP to the lady who died after the interview. The mom of the dude in the wheelchair. May she get the rest from this wicked world that she desperately needs.

[@a.l.y.a.m.e.d486]

That was sad that poor guy probably doesn't have no one in his life. Wonder how he is doing. They should be doing more for these people. There should be more help available and maybe housing available as well.

[@jmeck1381]

Where does our tax money go?

[@alexpapworth3757]

​@jmeck1381 this is America not UK 🤣 america you don't get taxed until you spend your money 🤣

[@jmeck1381]

@@alexpapworth3757 Have you heard of income tax? A large portion of my income is taken for income taxes. Are you sure you live in America? Wtf

[@jmeck1381]

@@alexpapworth3757 wow, just wow, also property taxes. I guess you don't have a job or property.

[@bthetruth1]

The REAL problem is AFFORDABLE housing!!!

[@Shawnie_787]

The problem is not affordable housing. The problem is affordable ANYTHING!

[@DavidHo-nq7np]

Doofus

[@DavidHo-nq7np]

Blame the hospital

[@LeviOArts]

This is not an isolated incident, this happens nationwide. Blame CEOs who hoard their wealth while their staff is a skeleton crew, their hospital lacks enough rooms, beds, equipment, and accommodations such as shuttle busses. Because of this staff is forced to evict patients once they've met the bare minimum as if they're on a conveyer belt. The social workers don't work for the state, they work for the CEOs and their best interests. This is what happens when you PRIVATIZE HEALTHCARE.

[@kimberlycarrigan8824]

Government hospitals do it too

[@GenXsinglefree]

Seeing that elderly lady lying on the cold ground was heartbreaking. There's no way I could remain employed with a facility that assigns me to do this. I'm not shocked, though. The moral degradation in society is pervasive.

[@ellislyon4804]

Stop reacting with your emotions, these people are sucking up all the resources of these hospitals. They expect to live at these hospitals and be treated like kings/queens. Most of these people are better off dead. They don’t contribute to anything, they only leech off of the system. The US healthcare system isn’t perfect (needs to be fixed), but these aren’t the people who need the help. Medical-needy people are complete leeches.

[@nightlightabcd]

And it's going to get much worse! Not to mention treason and flooding the country with guns and assault weapons then staging a coup to overthrow the US government and still the GOP gets away with it!

[@HardcoreGamerTarin]

​@@alphacentauryWow they might not be hotel but they are supposed to care for the sick. That woman that couldn't breath needed help not to be dumped. If a jury even found them guilty of dumping then there is a problem. Sounds like you are pretty self centered mate. These are sick people.

[@michaelc9140]

Did you realize that that’s a homeless lady that’s trying to get a free bed to stay in and she goes there every single flaucking day?

[@michaelc9140]

@@alphacentaury thank you! some people are just lazy flauck heads.

[@cyndimoring9389]

This should be illegal and hospitals should be held liable.

[@mo-whack6790]

It is illegal. Something horrible is happening in that hospital

[@missmorla1339]

@@mo-whack6790 Its not just that hospital but all hospitals, they got use to treating people like shit for 3 years and making bank on those who would jump through hoops to even enter, now that they are no longer making profit off of those they can mark covid; they are just treating everyone like shit

[@thefox47545]

You really think suing is going to fix the problem? Throwing money at someone's face is a great way to get them to shut up so the facility can continue business as usual. WE NEED REFORM, NOT LAWSUITS!

[@jmsmeier1113]

It is illegal, they are simply playing the odds that these people won’t be able to secure legal counsel.

[@fredwilley3886]

They only have a liability to stabilize the patient who doesn't have insurance coverage. This is what I was told while picking up my friend at the curb.

[@keimorgan5654]

This woman is on the ground like this and no one is calling police? 😮

[@brendajames8202]

I took an elderly lady for a procedure and they physically had to make her leave afterwards. She just wanted to lay up like it was a motel.

[@stillasking]

I've worked in nursing for 12 years and the one thing I do know... The elderly are treated like sh!t!! They leave them in hallways for hours without even checking on them at all! This story is horrific! The hospital should be held accountable in the courts and start pulling their licences!!

[@dilsiam]

My Mom was a RN for 35 years, in her old age she was a patient in Hospital Buen Samaritano Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷they treated her as trash, Mom would never treat people her patients like that... Also Hospital Buen Samaritano Aguadilla Puerto Rico🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 did dump a patient outside in the driveway naked only with their hospital gown only...😂

[@AnnArmstrong-gr7ng]

Yes please

[@jakejrly1508]

Hospitals are not charity. They have expenses and need to pay the bills to keep open.

[@jakejrly1508]

Hospitals are not charity. They have expenses and need to pay the bills to keep open.

[@jakejrly1508]

Hospitals are not charity. They have expenses and need to pay the bills to keep open.

[@Nekosenpai24]

As a healthcare worker myself, I am disgusted and embarrassed at that facility’s conduct towards their patients! And they have the nerve to call themselves healthcare providers?!?! I’m going to share this video with some of my coworkers because this needs to be a public service announcement.

[@kellystiburk4385]

Thankyou this needs to be shared with all americans and more media need to walk the line and show what's really going on in america!! To many evil people in America now!! To fire someone who speaks out the truth!!! Barbaric security and hospital staff to let this happen in america!!

[@kellystiburk4385]

Thankyou

[@leticiavaldiviez6678]

I am healthcare worker too, and can tell you that even the so-called nonprofit hospitals are all about money. And then have the nerve to say that they care....bad leadership!

[@a_diamond]

❤

[@andrewmargrave7518]

Look at all the healthcare providers that demanded the profoundly unhealthy practice of wearing masks in order to enter their facilities.

[@lunechann]

This is why I'm grateful for my country's health care, poor lady😢

[@OstaraBooks]

OMG. Our health care system is terrible

[@pm2886]

This has nothing to do with your healthcare system. This is a social problem.

[@OstaraBooks]

@pm2886 It was health care workers who her dropped out there. I have wonderful health care workers, so I realize it isn't all. It looks bad for the health care system when you are dumping people on the side walk

[@pm2886]

@@OstaraBooks No, it isn't. It's SECURITY and/or police. Healthcare workers are forced to have security remove people who are discharged but refuse to leave. If they didn't remove these people, they wouldn't be able to save lives. These people are simply not sick enough to be hospitalised, so they have to leave. No one can stay in a hospital once discharged - rich or poor. That's all there is to it. What people choose to do after being discharged, has nothing to do with the hospital. The hospital's legal requirement is to offer to find a shelter or rehab bed for discharging homeless people and addicts, but the vast majority of such people refuse. Anything more the hospital tried to do, would be illegal. It would constitute assault, or kidnapping. That's why one of the people in this is still in hospital gown .. she would have refused to put her own clothes back on in the hope they would let her stay (it's a common tactic, unfortunately). They cannot force her to remove the gown, because that would be assault.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

I lost a security job over this. They made us take an old man out of the hospital because he had no insurance, ID, anything and obviously no way to pay. I stayed with him and called an ambulance to take him to a different hospital. The security company was MAAAD at me but they can eat worms for all I care. Some hospitals just care about money.

[@NottaTrick]

Thank you for your kindness and compassion. I wish that there were more people like you. What a beautiful world it would be.

[@nickroth593]

Thank you for being an amazing person! I hope you are blessed in this lifetime.

[@TheTruthSeeker756]

God sees EVERYTHING and you will be BLESSED!

[@GetNumbbb]

Thank you. For the love of god thank you. We need more people like you. You give me hope.

[@idontdohumans5950]

Thank you I hope you will find a better job paying more 😢

[@skylerhempsall2934]

Whoever did this to a vulnerable lady, deserves life in prison.

[@user-cs7tc6cw1i]

I've been treated this way for years and years in Central Florida.......as a homeless person!! Mostly turned away and refused help at the ER with various medical issues, then escorted off premises by security! The thing that really infuriates ME is now that I live IN A HOUSE through my church's incredible help, they know my face and name! And the hospitals STILL tell me I am homeless and won't allow me to prove otherwise, and ask me to leave or cops will be called! All I can see in this, is the hospital calling 911 about a homeless person at the ER merely asking for medical help needing to be trespassed!!???

[@user-cs7tc6cw1i]

Protocol IS-- if you are well to do, they can not discharge patients from the hospital without a friend or family or guardian present to drive that patient home!! For safety. But the homeless get dumped in their own, WITHOUT ANY TREATMENT!

[@justyuyun1557]

Prisons are to soft . Old oil drum and pacific ocean are the fitted kind of punishment.

[@phoenixarizona8441]

Agree 💯

[@samanthacrump1976]

@@user-cs7tc6cw1ihow do they know if your well to do they ask 😂😂😂😂😂

[@passionateherbs8183]

BEYOND SHOCKING!!!

[@topbrasstv8867]

Now imagine that lady in the thumbnail is your mother, or your grandmother, or your aunt, imagine if that was any one of your family members.

[@johanakeene1464]

What a disgrace. Hospital's are meant to be a safe place. Excellent reporting.

[@pm2886]

No, hospitals are meant to treat life threatening medical emergencies ... and that's ALL. If they try to do anything else, they can't save lives.

[@_Listen_to_Solar_Kama_Sutra]

In the USA, if you have to go to the hospital, you may as well just blow your brains out. Faster and less painful

[@nishionishiki3338]

You bought the wrong game, real life has no safe zones.... pvp is allowed everywhere and only the big guilds can protect themselves.

[@jayleon147]

Safe place? Got damn you sound like you OD on soy

[@therealpeter2267]

​@@nishionishiki3338life in america

[@christophergreen3809]

The death of compassion...right in front of our eyes. This needs to be taken to court.

[@Zhello79]

What is crazy just the other day someone told me that me being too compassionate about people is a weakness and would end up being negative. I see stuff like this now, makes me glad that I am a compassionate person. What sucks is the people they toss out is someone's loved one too. The world is often times cruel 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@keastymatthew2407]

Along with the blacks, and transgender

[@divergentthg7925]

Well this is what you and your neighbors wanted because excuses and not to physically do anything about it. So become the joke of the world and have at it😂

[@marcjanverdelantar9605]

just go to the nearest atheist, you never knw might be a good samaritan 😅

[@Allaboutthe80s]

Agreed! Very well said! Serious lack of compassion. Pathetic.

[@jacobp.2024]

Do no harm, they say?

[@spardaprowess3277]

Hospitals hate poor or broke people. They don't see them as human, only a stack of cash.

[@cqbarnieify]

I am a retired RN. To say that I am shocked by this atrocity is an understatement. The CEO of that hospital, and all other hospital employees involved, need to face criminal charges. Paying out millions of dollars in judgments is, sadly, changing nothing. Criminal charges against all involved is necessary. If this does not happen, this will never end.

[@rebeccasteinke4357]

It's not at all shocking. This has been happening a long time... especially to people that don't have insurance to cover things, or people that they can't find secondary facilities for. I'm 35 and able to take care of myself, I just happen to need 4 weeks of IV vanco and meropenom. I've been clean for 3 years, I'm a compliant MAT patient and I still almost had to let them take my PICC line out and go home to die of sepsis essentially because there were no facilities that are willing to deal with MAT or the people that take it. Fortunately, I have a physician for a mother who knows my rights and lit up everyone who would answer a phone. Now, I'm otherwise healthy with a home to go to and and family to help me and they attempted to essentially abandon me and let me die at home...imagine that situation for someone whose mental health isn't being treated that's got nowhere to go, no idea what is and isn't allowed to happen to them, lacks the ability to stand up for themselves or even a phone to call a patient advocate or ombudsman, and has no family to fight. You shouldn't be shocked. Homeless people have been persona non grata since the beginning of our country, it's not a new concept and the healthcare system here has been corrupt and discriminatory since before I was born, before my mom became a doctor, so definitely while you were working in it 😒

[@linanicolia1363]

Correct. The hospital needs to get closed down and the people in charge, prosecuted. I bet they collect medicare $ from the government. That is a big crime, besides being unethical. They are also FRAUDS !

[@tjadventures9163]

You must be retired for awhile. This happens.

[@briane596able]

judgments in some cases just tax payer dollars being redistributed … with the added inconvenience of civil court dates. But with no one being charged with negligence.

[@jimdavison4077]

@@rebeccasteinke4357 thing is thats not how its done in most of the world. Even though there are delays with universal single payer systems this level of grose inhumanity would not be seen ever. If it did those involved would be charged immediately. All that money wasted to kill foreigners in foreign countries but no effort made to look after each other. A nation without propper priorities will crumble.

[@cherylhunt8250]

A friend was homeless. He had a heart defect. He was in Dallas,Tx. He was a vet. He was having heart pains so he went to the VA hospital in Dallas. They knew he was homeless. They told him that he was just looking for food and a warm bed. They demanded that he leave. They were rude and condescending. They set him an appointment later that week. He dropped dead on the street just a few days later. If they would have listened to him and checked it out, he would probably still be alive today. VA sucks.

[@unicorn73212]

Yeah and often times homeless people get more sick then anyone I think in some situations they are just looking for a warm bed but if your out in the element's for that long it can take a toll on you and sometimes they don't want to deal with them because some of those bed spaces are needed for people that just got shot. They also don't care if your a woman and some guy just beat the hell out of you as long as he wasn't strangling you or you didn't die. What's worse is some of these nurses were women you think they would have stepped up but if there's men controling the hospital sometimes they can't they have to consider the suspects reputation before your safety I really do hope they start holding some of these hospitals accountable because they hire the wrong people that have probably never been attacked before so of course there not going to care if someone gives you a concussion because it happened to you and not them.

[@Story_player]

I’m sorry for your loss

[@lizabethm5524]

Sad that 1st he was homeless then the staff denied him help as if the food the hospital patients eat are being bought by this staff members. Sad he died as a result of dumbfks at the hospital

[@lizabethm5524]

Very sad

[@ShadesofGreyC]

That's beyond disgusting. As with our Vets they don't get the treatment they deserve. If you risk your life for your Country and come home, you should never have to worry about money again. A vet was sweeping floors at Walmart! Wtf! He should have been in his home, feet up and never have to work again. Our Government is imagine yours is similar they leave office never having to worry about money with the monies they will receive until they die. They do nothing useful, at least not for Canadians in Eastern Canada. They teach them things that they never get over. Then have to fight veteran affairs for what's rightfully theirs. So wrong. I've dated a wonderful man but the effects of what he saw and went through he needed isolation. My friend tells me things when he's drinking which is a lot because he's not able to cope with what he's reliving in his head. It's sad. Our governments need a rehaul of the laws and looking after the soldiers the elderly and single mothers and fathers who didn't expect to be raising little humans alone.

[@chaospuppy6730]

pretty similar to strong hospital in rochester, ny. They started kidnapping people into the mental health ward out of the ER because the ER "docs" didn't want to deal with them. I spent 4-6 hours getting my partner out of a 72hour psych hold when she went in to the ED for a finger she injured at work. The charge nurse in that ward admitted to me that the Emergency Department was making a habit of it. It's disgusting how far the hospitals have fallen during/after the pandemic. It really shows how fragile our healthcare system is.

[@IsabelnoReally]

This is crazy…..they need to AT THE VERY LEAST refer these people to a shelter AT LEAST…..

[@MemeQueensGamingWorld]

This is unacceptable. Everyone involved needs to be held accountable

[@peteshand543]

Yup but they wont.

[@Oscar.G-1503]

In this world if you don't have money to give to these kind of people they don't want anything to do with you let alone help you in anyway

[@InsiderBoy]

This is what we voted for.

[@henrymartin8997]

@@InsiderBoy Not what I voted for. I'm NOT a liberal democrat. I'm none of satan's business! *I'm Elaine *

[@InsiderBoy]

@@henrymartin8997 We voted for this medicare system. It didn't get changed under Trump or BIden because this is what Americans want. So your hands aren't clean from this either.

[@docwillis1443]

“It’s like I’m worthless”…exactly how I feel about healthcare in America. It’s a disgrace.

[@danitaharris9919]

It's a damn disgrace. Oh my God. It's sickening 😢

[@addie_is_me]

That comes down to the people working in that hospital, seperstly from our usually bad health care available. This is terryfyling.

[@starkiller1782]

It’s very very scary horrific at times no one can be trusted it’s so sad and all not necessary

[@TheMslove333]

Just as a question, where else with a capitalist society would u say its better?

[@Lifesizemortal]

The medical industry is EVIL. PURE EVIL. 95% of medical workers are actually incapable of any medical ability. They all have a god complex. They will let good people die in waiting rooms. They kick you out for being sick because the staff is incompetent at curing you of anything.

[@teresab126]

OMG! Dear Load, please help these sick people, and deal with these horrible hospital people!! This is horrific!! 😱😱😱

[@tiffanymarie192]

Our country is just sad

[@amii.ny.929]

😭

[@God7OD]

Not your country the owners country You are but a slave

[@cb4725]

Sadly because Americans won't protest. They are too comfortable behind their screens.

[@vanillatilla]

Yes, sad and pathetic. We dump our citizens and welcome illegals with open arms no vetting , no care even if they’re actually gang members just welcome them in with open arms and dump our own citizens. It gets more astonishing every day.

[@sfjava6239]

Our politician have no problem raising debt and cutting taxes for rich corporation, but refuse for funding universal health care.

[@deadguysuperstar]

"No shape to care for him at home. She died after this interview" Wow I'm speechless and shocked. It probably stressed her out to the point where she had a heart attack. RIP to you dear lady

[@MidnightMark12]

Wow, you can't make a sentence without saying "I" first. How about 'they' voted for this in Seattle? Thanks you for your participation.

[@deadguysuperstar]

@@MidnightMark12 go take a nap, Mark. Old people get cranky when they’re tired

[@cherylthomas1268]

I was left speechless. I wonder what became of her son.

[@MidnightMark12]

@@deadguysuperstar Piss off, shit-for-brains. I don't care what your single mother taught you.

[@dozzer009]

@@MidnightMark12 This was in Kentucky. Why you yammering on about Seattle?

[@getinthespace7715]

Where this is happening, the CEO's of these hospitals should be held criminally responsible. They need jail time.

[@jehmmadicine4367]

They would charge another human being if they did something like this. It’s akin to kidnapping and then leaving the person to die. So if a regular person would get charged with crimes the hospital should as well.

[@pm2886]

These people were trespassing. That's against the law. If you're not admitted via the ER, you have to leave. No exceptions.

[@Kim-un4fe]

Our country can’t afford proper healthcare and housing for our poor and elderly. But we can certainly support foreign countries.

[@josephmeholick1300]

ya all that money that goes into politics. seriously make a 50% tax on donations to fund hospitals.

[@julielindholme9584]

Or all 6 million illegals from 150 countries, put in hotels and fed!

[@tdestroyer4780]

@@josephmeholick1300 We must free the people of Ukraine first. What are you a Russian asset. Support WAR like a good little liberal. Dont you watch the news? You're "supposed" to support war or you're an evil Trump supporter.

[@consciousobserver629]

55% goes into the military. All we need is baseline, adequate self defense, but they have destroyed everything for illegal exploratory wars. Politics is largely a moneylendering scam.

[@ilovedogs938]

Also check your country's weapons expenditure and war investment. 1st World corruption. The UK is becoming the same. Scary and frightening....

[@heartlesslucas7781]

This Hospital needs to be held accountable. This is not only detestable but even evil.

[@elizabethbarnes3992]

Where is justice? It's already reached out to other countries in the world about this incident. There needs to be a reform in the whole entire system! Hey Biden how about actually taking care of this issue huh? Not even in Brazil that is a 3rd world country you would see that!

[@ABC1701A]

You think they are the only one or that this is new. Happened to a friend 20 years ago, thrown out onto the street to die from an ailement she was born with but which treatment would let her live a normal life span. But the health INDUSTRY determined she wasn't worth treating so threw her out to die, leaving behind a husband and kids. And that was a CHARITY hospital (allegedly, no charity being shown to the ill though) yet her ownly crime was to have been born with a medical condition needing diagnosis and treatment. Which they couldn't be bothered to do. The US is a cruel country with NO CONCERN AT ALL for anyone unable to make money to keep the overlords in their lives of luxury and able to buy new luxury boats and luxury holiday houses overseas. China is better than the US, heck even ''uncivilized, third world countries'' like Brazil or Russia are often better than the US.

[@marcbaigrie2295]

No crime against evil in the greatest country in the world.

[@deucedeuce1572]

What happens when they have no legal duty to allow a person to live their free without payment? They cannot let every single patient stay for eternity, because they have nowhere else to go. Imagine if a person that you do not have responsibility for came into your house and refused to leave, because he didn't have a home to go to... and then imagine that's 100 people. We do not have socialized healthcare in this country for a reason... because it's FAR FAR WORSE that what we have here. In the end though, as terrible as it is, we cannot FORCE hospitals to keep patients for any longer than they are needed to remain there. We already FORCE them to take patients who cannot pay while they are in a serious condition... but we cannot also Force them to keep them indefinitely. It would immediately crash the entire health system and then we'd end up like all the other socialist crap holes that have entirely destroyed their own countries and healthcare systems. The healthcare system is not and Should Not be responsible for housing people, especially without any payment and especially if the people don't need to be there, but will take up valuable space for people that do need to be there.

[@gorillaump5869]

You can blame the G.O.P.- they failed our country on Universal Healthcare- So here we are and anyone of us can potentially end up in the same situation when we hit this age if the G.O.P. has a say so.

[@TheTourbusIndividual]

This is happening in the "richest country in the world". I'm absolutely disgusted!

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

NAME THE HOSPITALS!!! Where is the integrity of this new station.

[@alienblackgoo_gle]

Dear lady with COPD has tears in her eyes. Bless her soul. What a disgrace.

[@toyotaecw]

1:37 Don’t forget the diabeetus!!!!

[@earlinemitchell2124]

😭😭😭

[@thefox47545]

With those ailments she needs long-term round-the-clock care, a hospital can only do so much. Those nursing facilities where she should be in are REALLY the ones that need to be investigated.

[@greensorrel6860]

@@thefox47545a hospital should be doing discharge planning and coordinating care to transfer to the appropriate facility NOT dumping on the cold streets

[@moran439]

💔💔💔

[@cindyadams679]

If a man was going around cutting people's throats he would be in prison, but when our healthcare system basically does the same thing no one is punished for it. It's terrifying and sad

[@CL-lo3xr]

People in prison get better healthcare than the homeless. It's sickening.

[@peterlang777]

How is dumping a paralyzed person in the elements without shelter or transportation in the very least not a reckless endangerment charge? I am positive this violates some sort of law (besides of course hippocrates "first do no harm")

[@thefox47545]

​@CL-lo3xr There isn't enough money and resources to care for all the homeless. A lot of them are VERY sick, physically and mentally, and likely require lifetime round-the-clock care.

[@thefox47545]

​@@peterlang777A hospital's job is to stabilize the patient, they are NOT for long-term care, and that's what these patients need. They likely were dumped because no long-term care facility would take them or the patients refused to go to them, I don't blame them as most of them are AWFUL. Those facilities are the one's that REALLY need to be investigated.

[@SugmaDLigmaNutz]

​@thefox47545 Yes, you have a point. Hospitals are not assisted care facilities. However our Healthcare is failing everyone so bad that this is what it has unfortunately resulted to.

[@user-qg8bm6yu3w]

I live in nz. I've never paid a red cent for ANY treatment ever. I've been hospitalized a few times, had a hip and a a knee replacement, eye surgery, tubal ligation, several children. Our health system isn't perfect by a long shot, but nothing of this sort happens.

What is wrong with your country, America?

[@SK-rs1hu]

A LOT. I taught my kids to get down on the ground whenever they hear loud popping sounds. The little one still thinks it's a game, the older one knows it's not. We're in a bad neighborhood tho.

[@Rosachisp]

I went to a hospital in Atlantic City with pneumonia, the doctor was trying to get me discharged and get me to leave . If it was not for a nurse who stood up and spoke up for me I probably would have died that night if I had been sent away , I got so bad that night I thought I was going to die . Imagine if I had been home alone. To Thant nurse my God bless you for speaking up when you knew a situation was not right , for being a courageous, righteous, just and a moral person. You saved a life that day you yourself made the difference.

[@KristenDilligaf]

I am so glad that nurse was at the right place at the right time! I'm thankful you're still here 💛

[@williestyle35]

Nurses and outside social service workers are very often the last line of advocacy for people in hospitals or in need of medical care. A travel nurse saved my wife from the results of a doctor's horribly botched hip surgery.

[@lamoinette23]

The nurses carry the heavy burden of health care. While being understaffed, underpaid and grossly overworked. And they still make it their business to advocate for patients. 😔

[@toneyyasss2457]

Glad that nurse stood up for you

[@MJ-gj6mj]

​@@lamoinette23What?? Literally every nurse I know constantly and I mean constantly brags about their high pay. The overworked AND underpaid are the CNAs....those are the aides that do all of the dirty work for the nurses. They are underpaid.

[@noonespecial1285]

I was dumped in 2008. I could hardly walk. A sympathetic stranger took me home. The kindness of strangers

[@jackfavvv0280]

You were lucky you weren't robbed or killed.

[@c.a.5808]

God bless that kind and generous 😇. I pray🙏 you are feeling better my dear💐

[@MarcosFMolina]

A society is just that, a pact among individuals to collectively improve their quality of life. A “society” where individuals are allowed to be homeless, to pass hunger, to die like dogs on the street, is a society that has defeated it’s own purpose, a society that is no society at all, a society that doesn’t deserve to exist. Specially in modern times, where we have more than enough resources to guarantee universal basic human dignity. As members of the American society, we shouldn’t accept this insult to our own dignity and honor as normal. We will lead shameful existences as long as we keep allowing this, and in history, our moment will be a stain.

[@eco-terroristoverlord2033]

Based

[@sammywest3979]

If someone did this to my mother and she can’t support herself , I’ll be in jail . Those are someone’s loved ones. Whatever goes around comes around & God doesn’t like ugly.

[@smhrn621]

As an RN, I am beyond horrified! I am so tired of senior management's "excuses" for doing such things! It's heartbreaking.

[@kitandsons173]

Not heartbreaking, EVIL!

[@bill4824]

Thank you for your service. If we wanted to contact the local hospital and address this, what title do we need to speak with?

[@c.rrahrig4060]

So maybe all you RNs can go work for free for a while so the hospital can build a fund. You are making good money and could really make a difference for some people.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

If they were illegal they'd roll out the red carpet!

[@fbksfrank4]

Take paycut and work some hours freefree.

[@LexieEclectic]

People need to be prosecuted, this is unacceptable.

[@charleslavoie5402]

People need medical insurance.

[@godzilla928]

@@charleslavoie5402 america needs to collapse

[@nikkie2226]

I agree... but laws have to be changed and made also

[@GoodWoodWorks-le4cd]

Welcome to The New World Order folks!! There is safety, security, and truth in Our Savior,Lord Jesus!! Get ready.🙏🕊

[@danchidex221]

I disagree, people need to go back to the family system, so much individualism and dependence on the government give rise to situations like this.

[@Jannett-ik5lh]

This is so sad.

[@albertadams2095]

I was raised by my grandma and that lady with COPD reminds me of her. I’m fighting the tears because I just can’t imagine how heartless people are to put her out on the street. 😢 At the time my grandma passed, I was still enlisted (USMC) and about to go on another deployment to Afghanistan. Had she been treated like this lady, I don’t know what I would’ve done. I’d probably be in prison or a psych ward. I’m so grateful she got the best care all the way to the end. I hope that this video makes a difference and that real changes happen. Those are human beings, not trash to just discard. PS. The lack of empathy I’ve read in some of the comments is troubling. I hope none of you are ever in a predicament where you need help. It doesn’t make you “cool” to do, say, and/or write things that are essentially the equivalent of kicking someone when they’re down. Please look inside yourself and be kind. 🙏

[@Rkbmomma]

So many people have unrealistic expectations as to what hospitals and ER's are for. Not all sick people need to be in a hospital & hospitals are not homeless shelters. They are just stating fact and the media only presented one side of the story to get your dander up. Hospitals will make arrangements for shelters for these folks but they often refuse because they don't like the rules at said shelters.

[@truthhurts3524]

That one dudes mother, talking about the hospital dumping her son like trash, then finding out she passed away after the interview, heartbreaking. 😢

[@MidnightMark12]

They dump fetuses in the trash on a daily basis, and to thunderous applause. You can hold the sanctimony now.

[@jaybelle1909]

Wtf didn't she pick him up then... if Simeon made to thr hospital then they can make it back home, if the person has no transportation then the hospitals call family thus the mother didn't care about her son... hospitals are not free hotels, how hard is that to understand

[@AmericanPatriot-st1mi]

She was probably permanently Silenced. Just like anyone else in this Country that brings attention to what they are doing to Humanity.

[@goverlord]

@@jaybelle1909 She. Was. Dying. SHE DIED. What part of that don't you understand?

[@hera7884]

@@jaybelle1909she’s not able to care for him, she needed help and care herself. You’re expecting a person who needs to be given care to give care. That’s impossible. A person who needs a caregiver CANNOT BE a caregiver.

[@nonawolf7495]

Years ago, I was passing a kidney stone and drove myself to the ER. When I got out of my car , I collapsed in the parking lot. Several hospital staff literally walked around me to get to the door of the ER. I lay on the pavement in absolute agony till a man came along and helped me get to the front desk - he was not a staff member, just a guy who was visiting someone.

[@verone272]

Omg…..

[@Autistic_Pixel]

and the doctors get hundreds of thousands paid to them every week.

[@cw2497]

I believe it. They all have the compassion of a gnat. I guess they're just so tired of seeing sick and complaining people, huh,? It's almost like if you can't get through the door yourself, too bad. It's pathetic!

[@DivineLightPaladin]

​​@@Autistic_Pixelthey should get paid $0 and only the feeling of how they healed someone should be the payment

[@sanaaniz]

@@DivineLightPaladinthe crazy thing is when you go to the orientation for the hospital job they always talk about helping the “poor” and healing them yet they dump them outside the hospital

[@Mossbeehave]

So where are you going to place these people! If no shelters are available! Families won’t even take take responsibility for their own!!! It’s not the ER responsibility to find housing!! The ER is for critically ill patients! Let’s get this straight the ER is not a shelter or housing!!! Politicians need to find a housing solution!!!

[@DavidWood-wp3iq]

It's pretty sad when we don't take care of our elders

[@lindamishalanie5593]

This is simply unacceptable for this country to treat any citizen in this manner

[@01hZ]

after watching a 7 minute video designed to trigger you emotionally, purely for views, you have responded by generalizing your anger against every hospital in the entire country.... you find it unacceptable and you want change. however, this clip doesn't represent true hospital conditions, across the country this is the danger of modern media

[@spaceface2918]

​@@01hZ incorrect bot. They called out bad behavior. You generalized. I don't think you know how to read effectively.

[@JesusAlways1st]

@@01hZyou are probably right, but this shouldn’t happen with any hospital. It probably goes on more than we know and the public has the right to know!

[@flappycelery]

IT'S AAAALL ABOUT MONEY!

[@lindamishalanie5593]

@@01hZ Having spent the past few years going thru the hospital system. It's not far off from many

[@kymberlymaxwelljohnson5846]

They should be arrested and sued into bankruptcy You go to jail if you abandon a dog they should be charged with abuse of the elderly and attenpted murder. I cant stop crying. Anybody who would do this is a MONSTER

[@pm2886]

Unfortunately, there are many families who would do this. Just refuse to come and collect their loved ones from the hospital. Or worse, the individual themselves has alienated their loved ones because they're an addict or mentally ill.

[@kymberlymaxwelljohnson5846]

@@pm2886 I'm disabled my husband and family have all passed away I'm fine right now but someday I may be on that sidewalk

[@alphacentaury]

@@kymberlymaxwelljohnson5846 disabled because you cannot do anything on your own or just lazy to do something valuable for your life? I've seen so many "disabled" people who are perfectly healthy but they are druggies/freeloaders and a burden to others.

[@crystalsaylor2939]

Ok, then what?? What do patients do if the hospital is no longer there? I’m not saying I agree with this treatment but the staffing of doctors and nurses isn’t there to keep these people in-patient. It’s a no win problem.

[@Iamre-born]

​​@@crystalsaylor2939 and that's your answer? If the hospital is not there what will they do then? Hello,hello that's the reason for a hospital to attend to the sick😮 if it was your mother lying on that hot pavement you would never commented this. What sense these nurses and doctors getting pay for? to throw out ppl who NEED medical attention? Because they are old or homeless or disoriented Better they have no beds then😡 which in- patients the "staff" will ward,the upper class,the ones who are paying taxes? Let's be real there are poor ppl who are medically sick and need proper health care I feel so ashame to say I am from the human race😔😭

[@coffee19837]

That’s wrong the patients have rights and this is sad and wrong . Dumping patients on the side of the curb not cool

[@tedoneilclark4710]

Poor Linda God bless you darling rest in eternal peace. I hope that you're son received the help that he so very much needed.🙏

[@asteriamoore1791]

I am a clinical social worker (Masters degree in Social Work) who has worked in the hospital system for nearly two decades I can tell you that these stories are clear Medicare violations concerning unsafe discharge planning. As for the quote-unquote social worker at this facility I will be calling in the morning to speak to their social worker and if in fact this individual is an actual social worker I will be reporting to the licensing board and the NASW. There is no excuse for this behavior this is a culture problem within this facility and you can trace it probably from the top down I can tell you that unless they're lying totally in their documentation that a Medicare audit would likely cost them in the hundreds of thousands in fines, which I'd say they clearly deserve. To the Administration at this facility, I'd suggest ya'll start shifting that horrible unethical care model to a correct model or you'll be banned from accepting any federal funding and shit down soon after.

[@condyland2630]

Thank you. 🙏🏾

[@thenipple007]

Good luck.

[@thefixerguy1]

Please do. This is beyond disgusting. It's inhumane.

[@ellenbrooks8949]

Give us updates please on your venture.

[@kfemme68]

Good, I'm glad that someone is taking care of it! Thank you for using your knowledge and experience for good! Sending love, light and big hugs, k

[@miapdx503]

We're failing as a society. Our elderly, veterans, our sick, and children...anyone who's vulnerable is being treated like garbage. People who are addicted, or mentally ill get kicked to the curb. People say, "why don't they get help? Why won't they get treatment?" When they try to they get put on the bottom of a long waiting list. It's as if they want to *discourage* them. We're failing at every turn. 😔

[@mrp410]

Yeah but we are putting illegal immigrants up in five star hotels in New York City. As an American you should ask yourself why this is so.

[@wuncieadams1352]

We are failing because the government is more concerned about protecting and promoting debauched, amoral, pedophiles and queers and mutilating children and adults for profit. Also. our president is corrupt and retarded.

[@jenniferrogers2492]

@@mrp410: Refugees are not illegal & they aren’t put in “5 star hotels”. But as long as people resist universal healthcare in favor of for profit hospitals & insurance companies, this will continue to happen.

[@russell-gt1dy]

@@jenniferrogers2492 how stupid are you

[@peterpearson7171]

Facts

[@tracynorris5012]

Excellent reporting on this extremely disturbing, disgusting, Inhumane and evil issue!! Please do more reporting on this atrocity.

[@pm2886]

Yes, families failing their homeless loved ones is extremely disturbing and inhumane. I agree.

[@joedirt9680]

The Security guards should be ashamed of themselves. they should also be charged with elder abuse. SMH. 🥶

[@charleydcat3161]

A hospital doing that is literally committing crimes against humanity.

[@Tully241]

This whole damn country is becoming a crime against humanity! It will get worse if Trump becomes dictator in 2024 too! - This country is finished!

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

No that's figurative.

[@lehsu]

They are homeless because they use drugs and alcohol. They take handouts, but don’t stay in shelters because they the rules there don’t allow them to use drugs and alcohol. They have no means to pay hospital bills. They don’t pay tax. Who is committing crimes?

[@user-Jab1000]

Exactly. These individuals are true terrorists and should be in prison for the rest of their lives. But then again this is all part of the plan so don't expect anything to be remedied. Quite the opposite.

[@rjai4890]

That’s not how you use “literally”

[@carolen9400]

Watching this made me sick. I’m a retired Nurse and find it disgusting that this facility dumps people on the streets. The older woman with COPD and Diabetes has lived a long life an DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE TRASH!!!!!!! This absolutely breaks my heart 💔

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

Mine too. And as I read in another comment, I feel ashamed as a fellow human. 🙏

[@TrudyPatootie]

*I couldn't watch it. I just couldn't. The thumbnail alone did me in.* *I am thoroughly disgusted. Any hospital like this should be shut down!*

[@TheMomseloc]

I've been in healthcare for 45 years and I'm so ready to retire. But if you truly are a retired nurse, patient dumping should not be shock to you. If you worked in hospitals, you know damn well that dumping has been going on for decades.

[@SteveJud43]

As a nurse you must have known this would happen considering hospitals are the primary source of health care for illegal immigrants. You know hospital resources are tight and our government still see open boarders are the right thing to do regardless of who is hurt by it (the most at risk Americans of all, people on the streets). We need real change, not the pissing trillions into the wind like our government has done for the last 3 decades.

[@GardenGuy1943]

I don’t want bums in my hospital. I say throw them to the curb. Or send them to a shelter.

[@jeremyhall2727]

It's called being evil... shame on that hospital. Great job reporting this; y'all really did am fantastic job

[@drift180x]

How can they do this? There’s no way this is legal is it? It’s inhumane.

[@williampeterson4416]

As a nurse I have never seen anything like that. If I ever do I would report them to the hospital accreditation boards and to medicare/medicade. That is deplorable and unethical. “First do no harm!” That is an oath medical staff are supposed to live by.

[@strongmermaid4651]

Sad for me I did report an incident in my state and guess what I got fired in 3 days

[@susanfontaine5214]

@strongermermaid4651 I hope you sued. Usually you can report things like this anonymously.😮

[@roberthance2412]

“First do no harm!” , Those days went bye bye with convid .

[@user-zh1nn6iq9r]

​@@roberthance2412it's cornova.

[@williampeterson4416]

@@strongmermaid4651 should have done it through the anonymous reporting system. But if I saw that I would quit anyway. No way I could work for a hospital like that.

[@TamaraGrace]

Lawyers of Louisville, I'm talking to you. This is your time to shine. Help those that have been "dumped," sue the crap out of this trash facility, please.

[@Axecapoeiracomoxvalley]

Yeah, lawyers become lawyers to make money, not make positive change 😞. No money in this for them….

[@user-im5om2me3m]

You mean govt for taking care of all the illegals first. It is bullcrap

[@ReRe-kr1ht]

They'll make their money defending the hospital.

[@janekershaw5600]

I hear you 100% . It’s horrible… But then who pays the bill?

[@j.adamwegs2882]

​@janekershaw5600 the corporation that owns that chain of hospitals. Thats why they spend sp much money on lawyers

[@metaldemonseanknels]

I hope they sue that hospital

[@essiefowler9775]

How absolutely heartless and disgraceful from a hospital , what happened to compassion and kindness ; they have a duty of care surely

[@TrumpConvictedMAGAcanFAFO]

It’s a pay-to-live system. Truly heartbreaking. These are the consequences of privatized, for-profit healthcare.

[@TheLastChickenWing]

you beat me to it. From birth to death

[@pfranks75]

You’re correct but tell me how to fix it.

[@sharuwanabdulla5344]

We have free health care in our country. How can Americans say its the greatest country on earth.

[@ArrosticiniVore]

Remember everyone.... It is more important to fight a war in Ukraine then to help people in your country!!

[@gfuentes8449]

As opposed to the UK where no one who pays into the system gets seen but the precious migrants and illegals get first class service

[@trinity2145]

Wow. This is so heartbreaking. The mom died knowing her son was in bad shape. What is wrong with this hospital. I’m just disgusted. You don’t treat people like trash.

[@sakura_ramen]

The stress of coordinating his care probably contributed to her death! And she looked young - in a decent society, she would have had easier access to healthcare herself over the years...I am just beside myself for that poor family. I am so tired of good working class people suffering needlessly so some parastitic CEO can watch a line go up.

[@Marge719]

This Hospital is the worst I heard of. But let’s be real, I know of so many hospitals that wont even look at you before you pay a ’deposit’ of minimum 2000(!) Dollar! This has nothing to do with health care, let alone empathy for somebody in need of help. This is stone cold business.

[@Woobieeee]

tired of bums using them as a homeless shelter. Why not treat them like trash? thats how they treat themselves.

[@torecastillo3366]

Tic toc nurses and hospital ceos don't care.

[@rootbeer2399]

Mitch is the only person who would deserve something like this, not sweet old ladies.

[@hermithollow2024]

This is horrific.

[@user-ig2yp3uc7j]

What is more atrocious, the hospital abandoning the patient on the sidewalk or the media who recorded it for several minutes instead of helping this poor soul?

[@elizabeth_g2236]

Shameful!!! That poor mother who died after the interview -- how much did stress & heart break add to her demise. It's disgusting

[@twilfits]

I thought the same

[@jenniferjean]

Yes your sick and can't look after your son who gets dumped on the street and then you die an awful death. So tragic.

[@westcoastmex629]

😊obviously not enough for you to go help

[@bonniehuff3901]

They will stand before God answering for what they done

[@andreamcafee9970]

Yes, she said he was left a year before. So that had to weigh on her.