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Originally Posted by Nightengale212
I hope your friend eventually made it home safe and sound. As difficult as discharge delays are for patients, believe me it is the lesser of two evils with the greater evil being discharged too soon. On more than one occasion I have had patients show up in the clinic that were discharged from the hospital a few days prior asking me to take out the IV that was still in their arm!!!
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He finally did make it home, a bit stressed out but home at last. My original point was to the effect that your primary doctor, the one that was in charge of your care, released you to go home. You now find that a doctor whom you have never seen or was never involved in your care must sign your release papers. What is the purpose of this "hospital doctor" and why is he now in charge of you going home. I would risk a fortune betting that the so called hospital doctor has never reversed the decision of a person's primary doctor. And again. thanks for asking about my friend.