This is a new one

Yeah. I’m not getting why she’s allowed to stay over and why the taxpayer is footing the bill. That trespasser should have been tossed 4 months and 29 days ago. Medical “condition “ be damned.
 
What I'd want to know is when, exactly, did the patient suddenly become considered a "resident" or "tenant" of the hospital vs being a patient admitted for medical care and then becoming a "trespasser" after refusing to leave following discharge from the hospital (assuming all discharge requirements were legally met)?
 
Based on the article: "The hospital has repeatedly made efforts to coordinate her departure with family members and offered transportation to obtain necessary identification" I'm guessing this is an elderly person? If the Hospital throws the person out and she dies, is the hospital liable? If the family won't take her, or pick her up, then what? I can you see the headlines now: "Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare kicked my mom out of the hospital, and now she's living on the streets; is this how you would want your mom to be treated?"

I'm not saying she's right, but my guess is the hospital are hoping with a court order for eviction, they can have some PR cover from forcing this woman to finally vacate her room
 
Another possibility is that they've attempted multiple times to transfer her out, arranged for a room, etc... only to have the "discharged" patient refuse the ride when transport shows up to do the transfer. If she's alert, oriented, and has capacity, she can legally refuse transport. It's actually entirely possible that they're looking for an eviction order so that they can have her physically removed and transported against her will to some other pre-arranged destination that has already agreed to take her. If I'm to be transporting a patient out of the hospital and the patient is legally able to refuse and does so, I cannot kidnap the patient. An enforceable eviction order removes that person's ability to claim kidnapping as it's a legal order of removal. I would not be surprised if the eviction order is granted, that it will be enforced by Law Enforcement along with an ambulance crew to effect the actual removal. I would further not be at all surprised if the eviction order includes a restraining order or trespass order of some type prohibiting her from returning to the hospital except for an actual medical emergency with instruction to remove her from the premises once she is discharged.
 
What allows her to stay and occupy a bed and receive services? She’s trespassing now. She doesn’t get to refuse. It’s not like staying too long in a house. Who is paying the bills?

I have ZERO sympathy for this system abuse. Transfer her. Dump her. She’s AOx4, then she knows what she’s doing.
 
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