Posted on 08/04/2021 6:28:25 AM PDT by billorites
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover has filed a lawsuit against a morbidly obese patient who refuses to leave until he can receive weight loss surgery in six to nine months.
The 54-year-old Somersworth man, identified as "John Doe" in the complaint to protect his privacy and medical history, was hospitalized in March for treatment of abdominal pain, renal stones and a penile mass, according to the complaint.
The man had been unable to easily leave his bed for the past four years because of his weight, according to the complaint.
After being discharged from physical therapy, ambulance drivers were concerned they could not easily get him out of his second-floor apartment accessible by a narrow hallway and brought him to Wentworth-Douglass instead, according to the complaint.
The man has no medical condition keeping him at the hospital and Medicare declined his admission, but without a safe place for him to go, he was admitted.
It took 10 EMS providers several hours to get him out of his apartment in March, the complaint said. At least one of the providers was injured during the transport.
"Doe" has remained at the hospital as social workers work to find him suitable housing on a first floor. He has refused to take part in the search process for a new home and wrote on an application his reason for moving was “WDH is forcing me to."
The hospital gave him a discharge notice with a goal of leaving by July 3, but "Doe" has disregarded the steps required for discharge.
Remaining at the hospital puts him in danger of contracting COVID-19 with cases on the increase, according to hospital officials.
It would be in the best interest of the public to force "Doe" to leave in order to admit a patient who really needs to be in a hospital, according to the officials.
Wentworth-Douglass wants "Doe" to participate in planning his discharge to a safe and accessible apartment or long-term care facility.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 17.
stop feeding him
Also flense him.
Seriously. Give him water but no food. He will lose weight and he will also decide to go elsewhere. He won’t die. Sheesh.
TMI! Just say he’s fat.
He’s lucky they don’t croak him.
Couldn’t they just leave a trail of donuts out the door?
The obese are every EMS workers nightmare.
I’ve always been proud of my penile mass. Guess it wasn’t what i thought it was.
A hearing in 4 months?
Love the sense of urgency!
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This is non payment of services, no medical reason to remain. This guy will never get the weight loss surgery because he will not help himself
"I am helpless. You must do as I tell you!"
It is insanity. The elites in the USA have gone insane.. or are totally corrupt.. or both.
Years ago I became acquainted with a morbidly obese young dock worker. He drove a forklift and once on, almost never got off.
He lived in his mother’s basement. She said he complained about his breathing before he went down stairs after returning from work. The next morning she went to see about him and he was dead. Heart failure they said.
He weighed so much they couldn’t get him out. They had to excavate and remove a basement wall for access.
He was I recall 29
From your link:
he’s spent weeks hospitalized for no acute medical reason and wants to stay in the hospital until he can undergo weight loss surgery, which could take six to nine months.
“While Mr. Doe expresses that the surgery is his stated goal, he is not compliant with WDH’s care plan for weight loss and instead has been frequently eating take-out or sugary treats,” the civil complaint filed in Strafford County Superior Court said.
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Who is bringing him the food?
Dale the Whale needs his blubber stripped. Just do it, after getting him to sign an iron-clad release, of course.
The poor guy is enslaved by his senses. The only positive thing in his life is the pleasure he gets from eating.
He may get some perverse pleasure, sort of an FU at the universe, by playing the officials against the system with his demands.
Ordinarily, he would have to work, steal, defraud, or die.
Mr. Creosote, I presume?
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