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“Happens late at night, after 10 and before 4. It's called patient dumping. This woman says it happened to her dumped at a homeless shelter by a nursing home alone. And tonight two investigator Dave Savini reports she's not the only one.

What is your medical condition? I have multiple sclerosis. It's hard for her to speak, but 57-year-old Celeste Emrick has a story about her treatment she wants everyone to hear. Had you ever heard of patient dumping before? Never. She says two men in a white van drove her here to the Pacific Garden Mission and dumped her right here at the mission's front gate. It was the middle of the night. She was in a wheelchair, and she didn't have her medication. The bottle is.

She says Kensington Place Nursing and Rehab did the dumping. Were you scared? Absolutely I was very scared. At Pacific Garden Mission, where Emrick was taken, Pastor Philip Kwiatkowski says folks get dumped here daily from different nursing homes, medical centers and psychiatric facilities. They're just looking to dump the person to get rid of them. Reasons vary. Could be financial or residents who complain a lot and other issues.

It's unconscionable and it's inhumane to see how people at times can be treated. Glenn Reed is the security director at the shelter. What time frame a night do they usually bring them in at? Anytime starting at 10 p.m. up until about 4 a.m. in the morning. The two investigators found Illinois has led the nation in patient dumping. From 2011 to 2015, complaints have skyrocketed 153 percent the ombudsman. She was treated like a piece of garbage, with no value.

Linda Taylor manages Emmerich's personal physician's office. She and Dr. Michael Wasserman have been helping Emmerich, including getting her to a new nursing home. She's a person who needs to have some sort of medical facility. She needs supervision. The two investigators called and went to Kensington Place, but no one would talk. I'm just trying to get information about patients. They did, however, talk to the Illinois Department of Public Health. According to this report, the nursing home admitted taking her to the shelter, but claimed it was after 9 a.m. that she had medication and was walked inside to make sure she was safe. Emrick disputes all that. They left you on the street? Right in front of the gate.“

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