Homeless hospital patient discharged wearing only a gown. It’s not an unusual story.
Kenneth Williams, 65, has been staying at the Room in the Inn’s recuperative care center since December. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
“She’s literally just in a hospital gown, with nothing else on. She can’t walk,” an Uber driver said of a passenger picked up. “And I’m thinking, it’s getting dark. It’s about to rain. This is a perfect storm for something terrible to happen to a person.”
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Ben Wheeler
Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
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