People with serious alcohol or drug addiction in the U.S. regularly go to doctor’s offices, clinics and hospitals, only to leave after receiving insufficient or no treatment, often with devastating consequences.
Could be that the staff is suffering from revolving door burnout when it comes to treating these people who get treated, and recover from one incident only to seek out more drugs or more alcohol? Staff is doing their best with limited time and resources especially in a large urban hospital. They are working ER they are obligated by law to treat but that treatment does not have to see to it that the reason the patient came in is permanently cured. Admission might be advisable but that could depend on whether a bed is available and who is on call for consult. In my opinion this outcome was going to be this man’s fate from the first moment he started using drugs. The ER staff is not to blame. Oh and the ER is most likely independent from the actual hospital.
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