Shocking video surveillance footage has surfaced showing a woman, clad only in a hospital gown and slippers, being left by a taxi in Los Angeles' dangerous Skid Row area. She wanders, disoriented, for several minutes before being ushered to safety by local mission staff [see ABC News article].
Even more shocking is who dumped the 63-year-old mentally-challenged woman on the dangerous streets to fend for herself. According to police, Kaiser Permanente hospital staff discharged and dumped the woman.
Unfortunately, this isn't an isolated incident -- reports indicate at least 50 instances of "dumping" by hospitals and law enforcement just within the last five months.
How can "healthcare" workers and "caregivers" abandon a human being in such a callous way?
How do you feel about Hospitals 'Dumping' Homeless on Skid Row?
Submitted by administrator on Fri, 03/24/2006 - 3:48pm.
