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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_hospital_deportation
Personally Im glad they deported him.
Personally Im glad they deported him.
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QFT.It is not the job of hospitals to enforce immigration policy.
The man had the cognitive ability of a fourth grader. How does that constitute informed consent regarding decisions about his care? At the very least, the guardian should have been consulted. It is not the job of hospitals to enforce immigration policy. It is the job of health care providers to make all decisions in the best interest of the patient - not the government, not their own bottom line, but the patient. Holes in the system need to be addressed within the system and NOT at the expense of individual patients.
Good.
One less illegal that I and everybody else here is paying for
No, we have been paying for this in some way for over 6 years even without this patient being in this country.
The costs of the courts, attorneys and the hospital being tied up in a legal battle is not cheap. Tax payers are picking up part of the tab.
I'll guarantee you that even if the hospital loses the case, and they probably won't, and if they do, it'll be a slap on the writs, that it will be way cheaper than providing this illegal with a lifetime of longterm care.
http://www.emsresponder.com/features/article.jsp?id=10032&siteSection=24A hospital that sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala - over the objections of his family and legal guardian - did not act unreasonably, a jury found Monday.
Deputy Court Clerk Carol Harper said the unanimous six-member jury found in favor of the hospital and against the guardian of 37-year-old Luis Jimenez, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala.
THIS WAS NOT A DEPORTATION
This was a hospital ordered IFT that happened to be international.
So no, this is not one less illegal but a serious legal mess that deals with human rights.
The man had the cognitive ability of a fourth grader.