Patient dies on California hospital grounds after discharge

[Liberal_in_LA]

Patient dies outside Calif. hospital after release


A California hospital is investigating the death of a discharged patient whose body was found on hospital grounds.

Officials at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital said Monday that their investigation into 49-year-old Michael Torres' death is almost complete.

Torres' body was discovered on the hospital campus around 8 a.m. Sept. 20. The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reports that he had been discharged about 12 hours earlier after treatment for an undisclosed condition.

Hospital officials say Torres was asked to move when, after he was discharged, he was found in part of the hospital that is closed to the public at night. But they have released few other details.

According to Torres' family, a preliminary autopsy showed he could have died of pneumonia, or swelling of the arteries and heart.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/27/national/a115915D22.DTL#ixzz1ZBd0qAom

[gateley]

1. He should have gone to the hospital!! Oh, wait...

America. The best health care in the world. :eyes:

[notadmblnd]

2. yeah, no one can be refused care

:sarcasm:

[cyglet]

3. 2 things bother me here

(1) Someone found dead on hospital grounds, obviously, and "few other details" suggests coverup
(2) The hospital that discharged him is allowed to self investigate?

[uppityperson]

4. WIthout knowing more details, cannot have an informed opinion.

Could be he died from something else, or he was discharged before ready, or a number of things. It would be nice to have more information, perhaps if more is released.

[area51]

5. Kick. n/t