Thanks for all the replies. Her GP dealt with the involuntary admission
Surely the hospital had a duty to check out her insurance to ensure that it was valid in view of the fact that she was not in a position to do it herself.?
The referring GP, after examining the patient, can only recommend that an involuntary admission order be made. A consultant psychiatrist on the staff of the receiving hospital makes the order for involuntary admission, if an order is deemed necessary and appropriate after examination. The consultant psychiatrist making the order does not have to be the clinical director of the receiving hospital.... The clinical director of the hospital is informed by the GP of an order for an involuntary admission ...
Correct. All new orders and applications for the extension of existing orders must be reviewed by a mental health tribunal appointed by the Mental Health Commission.... and there would also have been a mental health tribunal held to review the persons detention order...
If you mean better medical care, this is absolutely outrageous. Quality of medical care should not be based on your wealth or your insurance.It is perfectly reasonable for the doctor to send the woman to a private hospital instead of a public hospital as he obviously expected that she would get better care there.
I don't think it is that simple. Given the very particular circumstances of this case (involuntary detention), it is up to hospital to make sure that the person either has insurance or has lots of moolah. They should really have made certain of this in the first week or two, before huge bills had been run up.It's perfectly reasonable for the hospital to expect that their bill will be paid.
I cant see how someone can be made responsible for something they did not agree to. Also, the person was mentally ill, thus was not capable of making a decision to avail of private health care. The hospital admitted her to private care at their own risk - and it was one of their staff who made the involuntary admission decision - nobody forced them to take her as a private patient, she could have been admitted somewhere as a public one. I think the hospital has to write this one off to experience.
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