McKnight's has reported that a Georgia hospital discharged and transported a patient to a nursing home 300 miles away, resulting in a lawsuit filed by the patient's sister.
Johnny Lee Bryant was admitted to Doctors Hospital in Augusta, GA, in early January 2015 from a nearby long-term care facility. He was treated at the hospital for sepsis and pneumonia for less than two weeks before he was discharged.
Instead of returning to the nearby facility, Bryant was transported by Gold Cross EMS to a nursing home nearly 300 miles away. Once there, the nursing home refused to admit Bryant. Bryant was eventually taken back to Augusta and admitted to a different hospital, where he died in February 2015.
The lawsuit, filed by Bryant's sister accuses the hospital, the ambulance company and Hetal Thakore, M.D., of negligence, wrongful death and causing emotional distress.
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