Healthcare/Hospital Law
Apr. 10, 2009
O.C. Hospital Settles Patient Dumping Case
Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Wednesday that College Hospital in Costa Mesa had agreed to a settlement, an injunction and $1 million fine for what he called "psychiatric patient dumping."
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - An Orange County hospital under investigation by city prosecutors for dropping a schizophrenic man on Skid Row last year has dumped at least 150 other mentally ill patients in Los Angeles, the probe has found. Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Wednesday that College Hospital in Costa Mesa, which also operates a facility in Cerritos, agreed to pay $1.6 million in fines and donati...
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