Originally posted by Furious
A patient has the right to refuse any treatment. The hospital has no rights to force treatment or testing.
nope. Not if that patient is out of his mind so to speak.
If a guy walked into a hospital all cracked up and the hospital tried to treat him and then he caused harm to himself or somone else the hospital is liable.
look,
the article does not give that much information here but yes you can be forced to give a urine sample. A hospital has the OBLIGATION to treat you.
Because Wheeler said he had used the drugs, Florida Hospital officials wanted a urine sample. A police affidavit said Wheeler wouldn't provide a sample on his own, so workers tried to catheterize him to get one.
it does not say the cops wanted it nore does it say that they told the hospital to get it. Now you guys want to quote rights that's fine. I'm all for civil rights. At this guys trial the urine sample would probably NOT be able to be used as evidence against him
I'm only going by what the article says.
1. A guy was in a hospital and said he'd used cocaine
2. The hospital wanted a urine sample for unspecified reasons and the guy refused
3. the guy then got Irate and violent
4. The guy was restrained and was still irate and violent
5. The police tried to restrain him further but he refused
6. the police then taserd him and the guy gave in.
I would not want to be in his shoes but:
1. I wouldn't be on cocaine in the first place
2. I would do what the hospital staff asked because usually with them there's the "easy way" and the "hard way"
3. once the police were involved that would be it.
If the hospital or the police violated his civil rights he would have the right to sue them after the fact. Resisting and getting violent is still not the way to go.
