I think they were hoping he’d go to another hospital. Its probably that simple.
Would not surprise me.
They are still making up stories. They say they erroneously thought he had a low grade fever from a viral infection now. But they sent him home with antibiotics. So they didn’t think that at all.
Of course the doctor "should" have asked the patient himself. But if the doctor practiced the kind of medicine that might have been expected just a few years ago, and asked the same questions that the nurse did, it would mean higher costs and lower revenues for the hospital.
(Electronic medical records are another aspect of Obamacare that might well kill us.)
Sorta like do you really think that officials in the hot zone countries want to keep infected people in their countries? Heck no! They want them on the first plane out!