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In reply to the discussion: Dying patient, 30, 'was kicked out of hospital for being "uncooperative" and forced into a taxi wher [View all]Warpy
(111,254 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 18, 2013, 08:38 PM - Edit history (1)
One scenario I can see is that the patient refused treatment and said he just wanted to go home. He didn't make it.
Dying patients usually know what's going on and a lot of them want to go home, they just won't survive the trip. I don't know what's worse, keeping them in a sterile hospital room against their wishes or sending them on a clearly fatal trip to their homes.
I'd have to know a lot more about this case before I pilloried some overworked nurse for dumping the dead. Nurses don't have that kind of power. Docs and administration do.
By the way, cold happens fairly quickly. Stiff takes a bit longer.
ETA: I should also remark that short staffing causes nurses to rush and that means some of them can miss the obvious. Staffing in a lot of hospitals is worse than dangerous, it's lethal.