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Hospitals, the Homeless and 'Patient Dumping' on Skid Row

Hosted by Warren Olney Feb. 26, 2007
There's no specific law against hospitals "dumping" homeless patients on the streets of skid row, so a measure introduced today in Sacramento would make it a crime. Hospitals ask what they're supposed to do with 90,000 homeless in LA County, and just 40 beds for the chronically ill with no place to go.  Plus, the latest on a possible new owner of the Los Angeles Times.

There's no specific law against hospitals "dumping" homeless patients on the streets of skid row, so a measure introduced today in Sacramento would make it a crime. Hospitals ask what they're supposed to do with 90,000 homeless in LA County, and just 40 beds for the chronically ill with no place to go.  Plus, the latest on a possible new owner of the Los Angeles Times.

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