Lotta folks don’t know they can leave a hospital on their own volition; they think they’re stuck there.
They're not in jail. They can have themselves transferred home or to another hospital.
“Lotta folks don’t know they can leave a hospital on their own volition; they think they’re stuck there.”
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That’s very true. Plus people are worried about their insurance, if it won’t pay if they leave against doctor’s orders.
It’s been a while since I lived in the States, so I’m not sure about Obamacare and how it has affected health care.
But as a person who was in a Canadian hospital, I wanted to leave, and they put me in the psych ward for a couple of days. You have to do what you’re told, apparently.
Long story short: if you can do it, avoid hospitals. Best place, also, to get sick. When I was in the hospital, I caught a rare bacterial infection that required IV antibiotics.