ロスで、病院に捨てられた男性が提訴

Paraplegic man dumped in LA gutter sues hospital - Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A mentally ill paraplegic man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital that dumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row" -- a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vast homeless population.

Gabino Olvera, 42, sued the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center for negligence after it discharged him in February 2007, took him across town in a van and left him in a soiled hospital gown without a wheelchair in the heart of the city's homeless area.

Witnesses who came to Olvera's aid said they saw him dragging himself on the ground with hospital papers and documents clenched in his teeth while the driver sat in her van and applied makeup before driving off.

The incident was captured by security cameras at a nearby homeless shelter.

精神疾患を患う半身不随の男性が、昨年２月に彼をロスの「スキッド・ロー」地区（ホームレスが多い）へ車で連れて行って遺棄したハリウッドプレスバイテリアンメディカルセンターを訴えた。彼を助けにきた人の証言によると、男性が口にカルテなどをくわえたまま体を引きずっていたのに、車の運転手は出発前に化粧をしていたらしい。事件は、近くのホームレスシェルターの監視カメラに映っていた。

The Olvera case was one of about 50 reported incidents in the past 12 months of sick, confused and homeless patients being left by ambulances in the 50-block area of downtown Los Angeles thought to have the highest concentration of homeless people in the United States.

過去１年間に、彼同様病気を抱え、混乱したホームレスの患者が救急車に放置されるケースが、ロスのダウンタウンで５０件あった。

うわ〜捨てるなんて、あんまりだ。