A 70-year-old man died after he jumped out of a window at Lancaster General Hospital. According to this article, his family is suing the hospital and two doctors who cared for him.
Last summer, the man threw himself through a closed, eighth-story window at the Duke Street hospital and died. He had been hospitalized there for mental health problems. He had a history of seizures and anxiety. He threatened to leave the hospital and jump out a window.
The lawsuit claimed that the man was agitated and paranoid, and had threatened to jump out of the window five days before he did. According to the family’s attorney, the proper steps to safeguard him on the unit he was on were not taken.
The man’s medical doctor signed an order to “transfer to psych unit if OK [with] psychiatry” three days before his death. But in a later progress note the psychiatrist said he did not see indication for psychiatric admission. He likely had an underlying dementia and was recommended for neuropsychol [...]
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