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I’m puzzled by the mother. What is she trying to accomplish?

Hospitals treat and release. They do NOT provide long term care.

Once the doctors have done what they can, patients are either released to their homes or to a long term care facility.

In the opinion of the doctors in this case, there is nothing more that they can do for Mr. Dunn.

Normal routine in such cases - the nearest relative arranges for the patient to be moved to a long term care facility where they are set up to provide 24hr care to such patients. And that would be the end of it.

If you read the article, you see that the hospital has recommended such a transfer. Not only did they recommend it, they offered to work with the mother and the long term care facility to facilitate the transfer and they included a list of facilities for the mother to contact.

So... what is the mother trying to accomplish?

She’s crying “Murder” but ALL that she has to do to continue her son’s treatment is move him to an appropriate long term care facility. If the hospital stops life sustaining treatment, the mother has no one other than herself to blame for her son’s death. She knew weeks ago that she had to move him and she did nothing!

I’m sorry but I don’t see where it says that they want him moved to long term facility. If so, lack of insurance may be a problem. In TX right to life article, he wants to live to see Christmas if possible. I’ve read many stories of hospitals keeping illegals in those conditions longer than this guy.

If you read the article, you see that the hospital has recommended such a transfer. Not only did they recommend it, they offered to work with the mother and the long term care facility to facilitate the transfer and they included a list of facilities for the mother to contact.

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Read post 46 to understand what hospital is up against. Finding a facility to accept him would be very involved if in fact one is available. Unless it was Hospice {off the Vent} he would need a level of care nearly all nursing homes do not do long term. Those facilities are very limited.

She is trying to get him *treatment*, not just palliative care.

I went through something like this in a Texas hospital when my son was a teenager. It took me screaming at the top of my lungs that I was going to sue the sh** out of each and every person in the room AND the hospital for them to transfer my son to the children’s hospital in Austin so he could get treatment.