- Joined
- Feb 2, 2021
I wonder if Andy Ditch's story spreading far and wide, and the short shrift he was given by agencies sharing information, will have any bearing on Vicky and Co. Or if medical people are so used to grifters and liars now that it wouldn't have even touched the sides in terms of they already know / effecting their plans.Definitely; one confounding factor here was supplemental oxygen, and Vickie's desire to be helpless.
A homeless patient doesn't get to stay in the hospital until they find housing; eventually the cops will trespass them if necessary. However, someone who desaturates without supplemental oxygen can't be discharged without a plan to continue it. Same as someone who literally can't care for themself, and has evaluations substantiating that. The hospital will be motivated to find them somewhere to be that isn't the hospital, but that can take a while, and if you make a habit of discharging incompetent patients to the street there'll be some pretty damning news stories soon enough.
Makes me wonder how much more common all thsi munching and malingering is getting. It seems like the narcissistic victim mentality of the now, combined with social media ramping up the validation of the performer, has led to an all time high of these bullshitters, or if that's just confirmation bias of when I personally became really aware of it, as someone who doesn't work in that field.