A gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a transgender patient against Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Ore., has been put on hold but may be put to rest because the patient will be discharged from the hospital's psychiatric facility soon, according to a Statesman Journal news report.
According to the news report, Rebekah Brewis accused the hospital of failing to provide proper treatment for her gender identity disorder and sheltering her in an all-male ward under constant staff monitoring. Ms. Brewis requested a court order that would require the hospital to provide her with proper care, which the state eventually denied. Later, a circuit court judge overruled the state's decision to toss the case.
However, the circuit judge's decision may have come too late, as a state attorney wrote a letter to the judge stating Ms. Brewis' impending discharge gives no reason for a case hearing, according to the news report. Ms. Brewis is open to all legal options, including a civil suit, against the hospital. For now, she plans to move to a residential treatment facility in Portland, Ore., according to the news report.
Read the news report about the gender discrimination lawsuit against Oregon State Hospital.
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According to the news report, Rebekah Brewis accused the hospital of failing to provide proper treatment for her gender identity disorder and sheltering her in an all-male ward under constant staff monitoring. Ms. Brewis requested a court order that would require the hospital to provide her with proper care, which the state eventually denied. Later, a circuit court judge overruled the state's decision to toss the case.
However, the circuit judge's decision may have come too late, as a state attorney wrote a letter to the judge stating Ms. Brewis' impending discharge gives no reason for a case hearing, according to the news report. Ms. Brewis is open to all legal options, including a civil suit, against the hospital. For now, she plans to move to a residential treatment facility in Portland, Ore., according to the news report.
Read the news report about the gender discrimination lawsuit against Oregon State Hospital.
Read other coverage about hospital lawsuits:
- California Physician Sues Hospital for Retaliation After He Charged Poor Quality of Care
- Virginia's Inova Health Settles Allegations of Not Providing Sign Language Interpreters
- Deaf Women Sue Maryland Hospital for Denying an Interpreter