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Can a public hospital refuse to release a patient who is in perfect condition?
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Hospitals are not prisons, patients can leave if they want to. They may have to sign papers relieving the hospital of responsibility and the insurance may not pay, but they cannot be held against their will [this it ordinary hospitals, mental hospitals are different]
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