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Sick, elderly black man kicked out of Atlanta-area hospital with tubes still attached

By Black Enterprise
| October 18, 2021

According to WSB in Atlanta, the unidentified man was rescued by Rockdale County Deputy Chief Scott Freeman, after a good Samaritan called 911. A hospital employee confirmed that the staff had dressed the patient and walked him out of the building, leaving him right outside of the emergency room exit.

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