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Los Angeles goes after Vegas hospital for dumping 1500 patients - RT
About one third of these patients, some of which were homeless, were given one-way bus tickets to cities in California. About 200 of the 1,500 ... The Bee obtained bus receipts from the Nevada Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services and found that the hospital sent its patients away on Greyhound buses, equipped with a small supply of medication and several bottles of a nutritional supplement that only lasted a few days. Health officials claim that most ...RT0 Hours 45 Minutes agohttp://rt.com/

Nevada Hospital's 'Patient Dumping' Extends to San Jose, Report ...
At least five mentally ill patients from a Nevada psychiatric hospital took a one-way ticket to San Jose, arriving homeless and un-medicated at the Greyhound Bus Station in downtown. That's according to a series of disturbing ...Jennifer WadsworthTuesday, April 23, 2013 6:26 PMhttp://www.sanjoseinside.com/

Greyhound Bus Therapy: Losing Your Mind in Las Vegas
The Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, since July 2008, has spent $205,000 on mental patient bus tickets. (The agency had a special arrangement with Greyhound.) The busing program has saved the state of Nevada ... This story makes you wonder if homeless people arrested by the Las Vegas police are packed off in Greyhound buses. Such a program would save the city a lot of criminal justice money, and help deal with jail overcrowding. Can you ...Jim FisherMonday, April 29, 2013 5:10 AMhttp://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/

Mentally Ill? Here's a Bus Ticket - Pacific Standard
Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital has transported over 1500 patients to other cities on Greyhound buses since July 2008. ... Ill? Here's a Bus Ticket. A Las Vegas hospital is transporting mentally ill patients via solo trips on Greyhound buses. ... These patients are almost always traveling alone, and this past February, a 48-year-old patient discharged from Rawson-Neal “turned up suicidal and confused at a Sacramento homeless services complex.” He'd never been to ...Ryan O'HanlonMonday, April 15, 2013 2:23 PMhttp://www.psmag.com/

L.A. to go after Vegas hospital accused of dumping more than 1500 ...
By policy, those patients were put on buses alone, with one-way tickets out of town, a small supply of medication and several bottles of Ensure nutritional supplement for the journey. Nevada health officials maintain that the bulk of those patients were shipped to ... Investigators have contacted area homeless agencies and will interview Greyhound, the company that transported the patients. They've also put up fliers across parts of the city asking anyone who has been ...newsforage3 Hours 16 Minutes agohttp://www.newsforage.com/