homeless dumping | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)The practice of hospital employees or emergency workers releasinghomelesspatientson the streets instead of placing them into the custody of a relative orshelteror retaining them in ahospitalwhere they may require expensivemedicalcare.Synonym:patient dumping2007.Police probe alleged L.A.homeless dumping.MSNBC via Associated Press, February 9, 2007, Los Angeles[1]:A hospital van dropped off a homeless paraplegic man on Skid Row and left him crawling in the street with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag.... Police said the incident was a case of"homeless dumping"and were questioning officials from the hospital.2006.L.A. Police AllegeHomeless Dumping, Associated Press, October 25, 2006, Los Angeles:Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into suspecteddumpingofhomelesspeople on Skid Row after police witnessed ambulances leaving five people on a street there during the weekend.

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