Midstate Med. Ctr. v. Doe

Disruptive Patient

Midstate Med. Ctr. v. Doe, No.
CV-06-4005623S (Conn. Super. Ct. May 3, 2006)

The Connecticut Superior Court
granted a hospital’s request for an injunction and ordered a patient to cooperate
with the hospital’s attempts to discharge her or transfer her to an appropriate
care setting. The court noted that the patient’s condition had been stabilized
and she no longer required acute care services, and found that her "distaste" for
nursing homes and other subacute care facilities did not warrant her continued
stay in the hospital. The court also noted that "[h]ospitals have a duty
not to permit their facilities to be diverted to the uses for which hospitals
are not intended."