HOSPITALS DEPORTING ILLEGALLY PRESENT PATIENTS

The NY Times reports on a growing dilemma for hospitals – what to do with seriously disabled illegally present patients who nursing homes will not accept and who are not being accepted in to custody by US immigration authorities. Some are actually arranging to transport patients home themselves. While many are transferred to the care of physicians in the home country, the Times reports that others have ended up in situations where they receive virtually no medical care.