'Nice lady' dies on bench outside homeless shelter

[proud2BlibKansan]

Wells set to examine stories she was evicted

The office of D.C. Council member Tommy Wells is looking into the death of a homeless woman who had multiple health problems and was living on a bench outside a shelter.

Renee Page died on that wrought-iron bench on June 7. She was 51.

Wolfer King said he sensed something was wrong the last time he saw her because she sat slumped on the bench and wasn't her normal, outspoken self.

"She just told me that she just got out of the hospital," he said. "She showed me the band on her arm."

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[Warpy]

1. Discharged before she was ready and dumped on the street

and anyone is surprised she died there?

Our country simply does not care about its people. Health care is just the most glaring example.

[babylonsister]

2. Gawd. Nice 'young' lady. So sad, and preventable most likely.

RIP, Ms. Page.

[angstlessk]

3. this is the washington times..I am afraid to click on...cause it might just say...

..she died so you don't have to pay higher taxes..and that is the way she wanted it? oh, hell, I just hate the Washington Times..and am beginning to hate the Post (both NY and Washington) too!

[lpbk2713]

4. We failed.

"...the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped. "

Last Speech of Hubert H. Humphrey
November 1, 1977
Washington, D.C.