A viral image showing a patient lying on a Louisville sidewalk is drawing renewed attention to allegations that hospitals are discharging vulnerable patients with nowhere to go.
The footage ties back to a WAVE News investigation that documented multiple incidents outside University Hospital in downtown Louisville, raising questions about how far hospitals must go after treatment ends.
Reporters captured video of an elderly woman left outside in roughly 35-degree weather, still in a hospital gown, with her belongings placed beside her…