weltschmerz
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Jul 12, 2019 15:21:33 GMT -5
Post by weltschmerz on Jul 12, 2019 15:21:33 GMT -5
A black hospital patient went on a walk with an IV drip. A security guard thought he was stealing medical equipment Dukes wrote on Facebook that he was on vacation in Freeport, about 100 miles west of Chicago, when he came down with double pneumonia and went to the hospital. He told CNN he was admitted to FHN Memorial Hospital for two days. On the morning of the second day, June 9, he said he was feeling better and asked doctors if he could go for a walk. He went outside with his boyfriend and his brother, still wearing his hospital gown and pushing a steroid and antibiotic IV drip. That's when the security guard called for police backup, Dukes told CNN. He said the guard told police, "I have three black males attempting to steal medical equipment from the hospital." Police arrested all three men, charging them with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Two of the men were also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest, according to a Freeport police press release issued June 17. Dukes told CNN that before his arrest, police officers took his emergency inhaler and his IV was removed, though not by a doctor. Police said in a June 18 statement that the IV was removed by FHN medical personnel. While officers were taking him to the police department, Dukes said he suffered an asthma attack. He alleges the officers withheld his asthma inhaler from him until they arrived. Dukes said he was kept in the back of the police car until paramedics arrived. He told CNN he was then transported back to the hospital, this time in handcuffs. www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/us/illinois-man-with-iv-arrested/What. The. Fuck?
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Jul 12, 2019 18:07:58 GMT -5
Post by busymom on Jul 12, 2019 18:07:58 GMT -5
Good grief! Were the arresting officers wearing MAGA hats? There are just no words for this...
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Jul 12, 2019 19:08:02 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2019 19:08:02 GMT -5
Oh, wait, let me think about this. The last time I saw a portable IV drip mechanism for sale at the local flea market was...…….. NEVER! I live very close to a Level 2 trauma center so patients in hospital gowns pushing IV apparatus is not an uncommon site. Sad to say, most are smoking which is why they have to leave the hospital grounds but whatever. As long as they keep that hospital gown closed so I don't see anything I don't need to, I don't care.
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