CITY ATTORNEY TO SUE 2 HOSPITALS.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer Continuing efforts to get hospitals to stop dumping homeless patients on Skid Row skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure , the City Attorney's Office announced Tuesday it will file civil suits against two hospitals. Deputy City Attorney Jeff Isaacs said the cases were being filed against Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, formerly known as Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital has 434 beds. History Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was founded in 1924. and Methodist Hospital Methodist Hospital is the name of numerous medical institutions.
Officials said the hospitals are accused of dumping homeless people without regard for whether shelter was available. "Both of these cases happened before our actions against Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. and we think hospitals are wising up, but we continue to have problems," Isaac said. "We think a lot of the dumping is now happening away from Skid Row, so they aren't caught on camera." Isaacs said the legal action was filed because the city was unable to get any cooperation from the facilities. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
If the city is successful in its suit, it could recover up to $5,000 in fines, plus seek fines of $2,500 a day for each day the hospitals are not in compliance. In the cases involving Methodist, the complaint alleges the hospital allowed two patients, Hector Salazar and Therese LaBossiere, to be dropped off at Skid Row without their permission or making arrangements for their transfer. The Hollywood Presbyterian cases involve allegations the hospital wrongfully dropped off Sergio Verdugo and Gabino Olvera in Skid Row. Hollywood Presbyterian said in a statement that one of its van drivers dropped Olvera off at a sidewalk A Microsoft service that was launched in 1997 to provide online arts and entertainment guides on the Web for major cities worldwide. In 1999, Microsoft sold Sidewalk to Ticketmaster, which continued to provide guides, ticketing and other information to the MSN network. location, which was in violation of hospital policy. The hospital said it instituted several new policies and intensified training after the incident. In Verdugo's case, the hospital said the Union Rescue Mission The Union Rescue Mission (URM) is a private, Christian, homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles's skid row. It is the largest, private, homeless shelter in the United States. was contacted prior to dropping him off and it agreed to provide him with shelter and care. He was returned to the hospital by the ambulance when he began to exhibit additional symptoms, which was the proper procedure, the hospital said. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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