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."