Researchers estimate that hundreds — if not thousands — of medical deportations take place a year. prismreports
Pennsylvania’s Department of Health Services is considering the expedited request to provide long-term emergency medical assistance to S.C. Torres-García said that the agency should issue its response any day now and that, according to cases similar to S.C.’s, it seems likely that officials will grant the aid.Although the federal government is solely responsible for removing individuals from the country, hospitals have routinely deported undocumented immigrants.
Hospitals charter private flights from medical transportation companies to expel undocumented patients, even when they cannot travel safely or receive adequate care in their country of origin. Medical deportations often result in death or the deterioration of the patient’s health. They also separate individuals in critical condition from the support of family and community networks when they need it the most.
To regulate the practice, advocates are now proposing an ordinance in the Philadelphia City Council requiring patients’ explicit and informed consent for their deportation or that of a loved one. It would oblige the hospital to provide the patient with all their options before deportation, including the possibility of obtaining medical emergency assistance from the state’s Department of Health Services.
Advocates are also pressuring the Pennsylvania legislature to regulate medical deportation at the state level. The effort in itself is a way to shed light onto an issue that has gone largely undetected.against the practice,” said Julio Rodríguez, a long-time organizer and current political director at the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition , which represents more than 60 immigrants’ rights organizations across the state.
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