Two questions:
1. If she was in distress why was she not admitted and cared for? That is the law.
2. If the cops removed her from the hospital it can only be done by the request of the hospital unless she was doing something illegal.
What the hell really happened?
What really happened? Whatever it was, I suspect it has opened the hospital up to humongous damages in a lawsuit.
In most situations medicare covers the hospital 100% for uninsured emergency visits, i believe that theirs even a special set aside fund to cover this. The hospital staff who didn’t properly assess this patient, because she became a patient when she walked into the emergency room door, are at fault. And when they called the cops to throw her out, they defacto assumed 100% liability, because they showed the medical incompetence of the staff, this was malpractice and malfeasance,and some attorney is going to get 40% of a pile o’cash.