JUST IN: Video Emerges of woman who DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY after being removed from Tennessee hospital because she DIDN'T HAVE insurance.. Lisa Edwards, 60 reportedly went Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center with STROKE SYMPTOMS and a broken ankle.. x.com/72powpow/statu…
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@ChuckCallesto Health care is not a right! Any time you require someone else to provide you anything, it is not a right, it’s a privilege or benefit. Demanding another’s time or money without recompense is called slavery. You want health care, buy it, if you can’t afford it, not my problem.
@ChuckCallesto Absolutely disgusting. The officers did not recognize that this woman was in medical distress. The medical staff at the hospital should be ashamed.
@ChuckCallesto Family Needs to SUE the Hospital-not PD’S fault in this situation! Women was in Hospital-Police are not Doctors! Private Hospital should have at lest sent Women to a Public Hospital! Go after the CEO of Hospital as it was the CEO’S Orders to not allow Medical Attn 2 non insured
@ChuckCallesto This should be illegal in America. I bet if she had just crossed the border she would have received care.
@ChuckCallesto No way this would have happened if she were black.
@ChuckCallesto Since when are people arrested for having no medical insurance???? Please someone explain what’s going on in Tennessee.
@ChuckCallesto Patient flew from RI to Knoxville on 2/4/2023. Upon arrival, did not feel well and went to separate medical facility and was discharged. Then went to Fort Sanders and was kept overnight for observation and then discharged on 2/5/2023. She then refused to leave. Not insurance issu
@ChuckCallesto Its violates EMTALA: requires hospitals with emergencies to provide a medical screening examination to any individual who comes to the ED & requests such an examination, & prohibits hospitals with emergency departments from refusing to examine or treat