what happen to unidentified patients in coma or with amnesia or in life support in hospital if nobody come forward to claim the patient?
2006-09-06 11:34:38 · 7 answers · asked by Freddy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Most of the time, they will keep them alive for alteast a year, that gives the police time to find family, if not, and they are on life support they will go ahead and pull the plug, but they usually don't donate your organs because they don't know who you are, so it's not good to give someone a shitty kidney, you know. If the person is just in a coma without life support, they will wait forever, because the person may still be revived. And amnesia, they will send to a special hospital for rehibilitation and of course waiting for some family, if no family, they try there best to get you set up with new name, blah blah blah.
2006-09-06 11:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by niks_mom7 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Missing People Reports from Police Departments, Finger Prints, Dental Records.
2006-09-06 11:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rainbow Pastor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They work with the missing persons clearinghouse, check fingerprints against known records (including driver's license, military service); occasionally go so far as to put it out into the news media with description of the person. If they are amnesiac and can be photographed, they will include photo.
This falls usually to the social service department, one of many hats they wear.
2006-09-06 15:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hospital should look for the patient 's family ,contact police department for missing people reports, to discuss further arrangements wether keeping the patient on machines or put an end to his/her life & so on
2006-09-10 09:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by metakido 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they work with law enforcement for families who put out missing persons reports
2006-09-06 11:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Organ donation =)
2006-09-06 11:36:49 · answer #6 · answered by Scott S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they clog up the health system.
2006-09-06 11:43:20 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋