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Old 09-26-2008, 12:18 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by Jayems View Post
Hobos and homeless are notorious for abusing the hospital system. It's no big surprise that a guy in a busy ER wasn't checked on, especially if he's known.

"Oh, there's Billy Bob, passed out in the waiting room again. At least he's sleeping and not peeing on the floor or causing a disturbance."

It's really too bad he died, however.
Problem here is that he wasn't abusing the system. He went to his GP at that clinic complaining he couldn't urinate due to problems with the catheter the hospital put in. He had no legs and was in a wheel chair so they put him in a taxi with a note from his GP. Surely someone could have read his note his GP sent with him.
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