Woman dies in jail after tresspass arrest at hospital

[dixiehack]

I don't know what else there is to say except this is beyond disturbing. And further proof that living at society's margins is often deadly.

http://m.stltoday.com/STL/db_279691/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=BOzdUJMk&detailindex=7&pn=0&ps=10&full=true#display

 

[HC]

God damn, that is a sad, sad story.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

God damn, that is a sad, sad story.

It really is.

 

[Yodel]

Not much to say. Horrible. Sad.

 

[cyclingwriter]

This is a tragic story, but the reality is hospitals get a lot of people every day coming in complaining of ailments just to get access to drugs and a clean bed. I know that sounds callous, but that is a reality. Did this woman need to die because of it? No. Was it her fault that she was not treated like a real patient? No. Was it her fault that addicts try to abuse the system and she suffered for it? No.

 

[Azrael]

Maybe it's our fault because we dismantled public psychiatric services in this country.

 

[Tarheel316]

Horrible story.