By Dr. Mercola
By Dr. Mercola
Hospitals aren’t prisons, and patients have a right to seek care elsewhere or leave the hospital against medical advice, even without signing any paperwork. Yet in more cases than you might expect, patients end up feeling intimidated, threatened or mistreated by hospital staff. In extreme cases, like that of Alyssa Gilderhus, the case escalates to the point of “medical kidnapping,” in which the patient is held at the hospital against their will and increasingly isolated from family.
In Gilderhus’ case, the hospital was the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, a facility Alyssa’s parents had initially chosen for her care …read more
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