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Big_League227 t1_j1j3xl9 wrote

Your brother has the right to speak to his insurance company, his county advocate (ombudsman), and his attorney. Unless he signed an information release (ROI) for one of you, you can't speak to any of those folks on his behalf. But if HE asks to speak to any of the above, they have to give him the phone to speak to them. He has that right as the patient. That doesn't mean they can get him released, but they may be able to talk him through the process so he knows what to expect. WPIC is not going to let you in to visit because his anxiety may be related to his family... they don't know, especially if he "hasn't been seen by a doctor " as you stated. And a friend who would know (former WPIC employee) tells me that he was seen by someone in order to leave the ER and be admitted. It may have been a PA or a CNP, but someone determined he needed to be admitted.

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