LA moves to halt Skid Row patient dumping
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
(05-14) 14:33 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --
Los Angeles is cracking down on so-called patient dumping on Skid Row.
The City Council gave tentative approval Wednesday to a law that would fine hospitals up to $25,000 for taking patients anyplace but home without their written permission. The ordinance comes back for a second vote next week.
The law follows several high-profile cases of patient dumping, including one last year where a paraplegic was dropped off on Skid Row in a hospital gown with his belongings clenched in his teeth.
The ordinance is opposed by the Hospital Association of Southern California, which says it places an unfair burden on medical centers that already care for some 18,000 homeless patients a year.
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