Jury Rules for Hospital That Deported Patient
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In a benchmark case dealing with the obligations of hospitals toward uninsured illegal immigrants, a jury in Stuart, Fla., decided Monday that Martin Memorial Medical Center did not act unreasonably when it chartered a plane and repatriated a severely brain-injured Guatemalan patient against the will of his guardian.
Judge James W. Midelis instructed the jury in state court late last week that because of a Florida appeals court decision, it was already “a matter of law” that the patient, Luis Alberto Jiménez, had been unlawfully detained and deprived of his liberty.
Cases like have been happening in all border states for years. The case here is not if the patient can cover the expenses, but whether hospitals treat it patients humanely, and respect the Hippocrates oath
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Judge James W. Midelis instructed the jury in state court late last week that because of a Florida appeals court decision, it was already “a matter of law” that the patient, Luis Alberto Jiménez, had been unlawfully detained and deprived of his liberty.
Cases like have been happening in all border states for years. The case here is not if the patient can cover the expenses, but whether hospitals treat it patients humanely, and respect the Hippocrates oath
What do you think?
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