Patient dumping to be topic of national commission
By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is holding a Valentine’s Day hearing on the practice known as patient dumping, which could put a federal spotlight on a Nevada scandal involving the practice.
The commission announced the hearing last week, expressing concern about the “extent to which patients with a psychiatric disability are denied adequate care and whether there has been systematic neglect of this group.”
