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_neutral_person t1_j1a2twu wrote

Reply to comment by EvanMcD3 in ‘Major Trustee, Please Prioritize’: How NYU’s E.R. Favors the Rich by goodguyfdny

Caught a Social worker at Cornell openly speaking about an undocumented immigrant that was discharged unable to walk or stand with a PICC line who came back 5 hours later because he was unable to take care of himself.

She said "I don't understand why we need to give this man a medical bed. We should send him to a city hospital".

I can assure you every word out of these administrator's mouths is a lie.

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ripstep1 t1_j1d3p2m wrote

Seems reasonable. These people clog up hospital beds for no reason other than to receive a single dose of ceftriaxone each day.

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lispenard1676 t1_j1f7chk wrote

I can't believe you can make a comment like that with a straight face.

> These people clog up hospital beds for no reason other than to receive a single dose of ceftriaxone each day.

Okay, so what? If he needs it, he gets it and is out in a few hours. That's the hospital literally doing its job.

Also, the remark "we should send him to a city hospital" is deeply bothersome. Why exactly should he go to a city hospital? Isn't he already in a hospital that should give him adequate care.

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ripstep1 t1_j1g3qaf wrote

No. I am talking about people who literally sit in hospital beds for months getting daily ceftriaxone

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lispenard1676 t1_j1h1f67 wrote

Okay. Didn't even know that was a thing tbh.

That being said, I don't see any indication that this was the case with the undocumented immigrant.

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_neutral_person t1_j1jmg9f wrote

Well this guy had a spinal abscess and could not walk as per the PT.

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