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The increased violence at the hospital I worked at for a bit was because by law anyone who police find to be overdosing need to be brought to nearest emergency
by alden5 3y ago
The increased violence at the hospital I worked at for a bit was because by law anyone who police find to be overdosing need to be brought to nearest emergency room. This meant alot of the people there weren't mentally sound and definitely didn't want to be there. There were often a half-dozen cops in the ER trying to get someone being aggressive to calm down. It was quite an experience working there hearing "code gray in the emergency department" about twice a day.
- nonethewiser 3y agoIm OK with forcing overdosing victims and others in dire need of medical care into hospitals.
- ThrowawayTestr 3y agoEven if it's at the expense of the safety of other patients?
- HaZeust 3y agoThat's why they're bolstering private police forces.
- faitswulff 3y ago"You can't fool me! It's bandaids all the way down"
- bulldog13 3y agoOf course, there is nothing so invaluable in modern society than the life of a junkie.
- jrockway 3y agoI don't think you can know that until they start causing safety problems, right? If you develop a heuristic like overdose = harms other patients, then you are executing people who did nothing wrong except make one little mistake with some chemicals. You then get second order effects to further discriminate, "this guy is white and he's unconscious in a rich neighborhood" versus "this guy is black and he's unconscious in a poor neighborhood", and eventually it all starts to feel a little evil. As a human race, we're supposed to be helping each other a little bit. It's how we're wired.
- rqtwteye 3y agoThey probably should be taken to a facility that’s better equipped for them.
- ch4s3 3y agoI presume you mean mental health facilities? Many of them are in hospitals, but they aren’t as widely spread as they once were.
- happytoexplain 3y agoIs a hospital not the right place to treat somebody overdosing? Or are you referring to long term care?
- lillecarl 3y agoMaybe a special OD section where this is common
- mbg721 3y agoThe main branch of the public library seems to be a popular choice.