![]() So the hospital released her back to the streets. This time, the pregnancy test came back positive, but the woman refused offers of hotel vouchers or a shelter bed. Just the other day, Tcheng treated a 31-year-old woman who is homeless, suffers from schizophrenia and has come to the ER about 150 times - usually to request pregnancy tests, but sometimes just for food and a place to sleep. He had hypothermia by the time a rescue team fished him out. Another tried to captain the Pampanito, the floating submarine museum at Fisherman’s Wharf, but fell into the bay. One person on meth was treated after trying to steal a parked ambulance - with a patient inside. Tcheng has treated patients high on methamphetamines who are convinced a mouse is crawling inside their body or that someone has cut off their genitals with a sword. A 911 caller had spotted him eating a raccoon crushed by a car on a city street. One man who arrived by ambulance looked like the Joker, his face and hands covered in animal blood. Scott Tcheng will never forget some of the people who come to his San Francisco emergency room in desperate need of help. One doctor shares stories about our broken systemĭr. are cycling in and out of emergency rooms. ONE DOCTOR SHARES STORIES ABOUT OUR BROKEN SYSTEM. ![]() MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE CYCLING IN AND OUT OF EMERGENCY GOOMS. Heather Knight is a journalist who often writes about mental illness. Three people have forwarded this article to me. ![]()
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