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you: A patient discharged in the middle of the night is not going to be literally kicked to the curb in the middle of the night. the post you were responding t

you: A patient discharged in the middle of the night is not going to be literally kicked to the curb in the middle of the night. the post you were responding to: [the hospital] made him leave. In a quite rough downtown area he was not familiar with. While clearly not in his right mind. At 2am. With no wallet, no phone, no nothing.

SkyPuncher 2y ago
There’s nothing stating the hospital made home leave.
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- lupusreal 2y ago
  "Late that night, he was discharged. Not even "he checked himself out". The hospital discharged him" He didn't check himself out, he was discharged.
  - SkyPuncher 2y ago
    Discharge is a general term for leaving medical care. It would include “check himself out”. You either leave against medical advice or you are discharged.
    - lupusreal 2y ago
      He specifically didn't check himself out.
      - SkyPuncher 2y ago
        So, he didn't leave against medical advice. He was discharged. That's how anyone not leaving against medical advice leaves the hospital. If you decide that you don't want care and you don't have a medical need for staying, then you can request to be discharged. A "voluntary" (air quotes) discharge, of sorts. This is simply called "being discharged". This happened to a colleague recently. Had something stuck in his esophagus that he couldn't get out and couldn't get it to go down. Went to the ED. Puked it up like 20 minutes after being admitted. He asked to leave since he didn't need to be there anymore. He was discharged.
    - sieabahlpark 2y ago
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- squigz 2y ago
  The full quote from GP: > According to the hospital, he tried to call several different numbers trying to get a ride home and they made him stop and made him leave. In a quite rough downtown area he was not familiar with. While clearly not in his right mind. At 2am. With no wallet, no phone, no nothing I understand context is difficult sometimes, but it's pretty clearly stating the hospital made him leave, hence GP adding that in brackets.

SkyPuncher 2y ago

There’s nothing stating the hospital made home leave.

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lupusreal 2y ago
"Late that night, he was discharged. Not even "he checked himself out". The hospital discharged him" He didn't check himself out, he was discharged.
- SkyPuncher 2y ago
  Discharge is a general term for leaving medical care. It would include “check himself out”. You either leave against medical advice or you are discharged.
  - lupusreal 2y ago
    He specifically didn't check himself out.
    - SkyPuncher 2y ago
      So, he didn't leave against medical advice. He was discharged. That's how anyone not leaving against medical advice leaves the hospital. If you decide that you don't want care and you don't have a medical need for staying, then you can request to be discharged. A "voluntary" (air quotes) discharge, of sorts. This is simply called "being discharged". This happened to a colleague recently. Had something stuck in his esophagus that he couldn't get out and couldn't get it to go down. Went to the ED. Puked it up like 20 minutes after being admitted. He asked to leave since he didn't need to be there anymore. He was discharged.
  - sieabahlpark 2y ago
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squigz 2y ago
The full quote from GP: > According to the hospital, he tried to call several different numbers trying to get a ride home and they made him stop and made him leave. In a quite rough downtown area he was not familiar with. While clearly not in his right mind. At 2am. With no wallet, no phone, no nothing I understand context is difficult sometimes, but it's pretty clearly stating the hospital made him leave, hence GP adding that in brackets.