• lath@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I would think it’s usually by family members of the patients, but to be a patient in the hospital, your body is no longer obeying regular functions, so the unexpected becomes the norm.

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      Its usually patients, they often don’t have full capacity (either altered for organic underlying reasons, or substance use, etc…) and usually for that reason it goes unreported.

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      3 days ago

      If they aren’t responsible for their actions they should be considered legally incompetent by the state and their guardian should have to pay damages.

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        3 days ago

        That’s silly. If professionals can’t subdue a person completely out of control, you can’t expect a layman to do it instead.