Illegal Immigrants Sue Hospital Over Clinic Closure
Grady Memorial Hospital is facing a lawsuit by illegal immigrants demanding free dialysis care. "Bernard Taylor, a lawyer for Grady, told the judge that the charity hospital can no longer afford to provide regular dialysis treatment for the slightly fewer than 100 patients of the clinic," the Wall Street Journal reported. "The hospital began informing dialysis patients earlier this summer that it would be closing the clinic. It recommended patients return to their home countries for treatment or move to one of about a dozen states it says provide the service for undocumented immigrants under Medicaid."