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Hospital Leaves Patients at Shelter | Fort Wayne News
Hendricks Behavioral Hospital in Plainfield, Indiana, is settling with the City of Fort Wayne after being cited for dropping off patients at The Rescue Mission without prior coordination — sometimes over 100 miles away, while patients were still struggling with mental health crises. Facing potential fines totaling $5,000, Hendricks opted to pay a single $2,500 penalty to avoid court, a move the city called “productive.” The incidents, captured on police body cameras, revealed patients expressing suicidal thoughts or making threats after release — one even paid for by the hospital via Uber…
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