Channel 2′s Mark Winne was in Conyers Friday, where someone called 911 after finding the man collapsed on Milstead Avenue in Conyers, just steps fro

Police say hospital discharged seriously ill man, left him on the street

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2021-10-20 17:00:09

Channel 2′s Mark Winne was in Conyers Friday, where someone called 911 after finding the man collapsed on Milstead Avenue in Conyers, just steps from the hospital.

“Common sense dictates that you do not treat human beings the way that we’re seeing in this particular case,” Freeman said.

“Poor guy. But he probably needs an ambulance and not...” the 911 caller says. “It’s right in front of the Piedmont Rockdale Emergency entrance.”

Freeman said the 68-year-old man was discharged from the hospital Thursday. A hospital employee told officers that the man had been at the hospital for 35 days and that Medicare would not continue to pay for his treatment.

Freeman said that when emergency responders arrived, the man had a fever, signs of sepsis, a urinary tract infection and an elevated heart rate.

“(He was) literally ejected out to the sidewalk with no help whatsoever,” Freeman said. “I think it’s inhumane. He was clearly incoherent. That’s just not how we treat people here in this city or this country.”