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Federal Investigation Launched After Baltimore Patient Left At A Bus Stop In A Gown

A video showed a confused woman discharged only minimally dressed in cold temperatures. It prompted an apology from — and an investigation of — the hospital. The family is considering a lawsuit.
A woman discharged from a Baltimore hospital, later identified as Rebecca, was captured on video by passerby Imamu Baraka.

A federal regulator has launched an investigation into a Baltimore hospital after a passerby shot a video earlier this month of a confused patient discharged at a bus stop on a cold night in just a hospital gown.

The video provoked outrage around the country, prompting an apology and an investigation by the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus.

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