Released by hospitals after a mental health crisis, their lives ended tragically – WXYZ 7 Action News Detroit
DETROIT (WXYZ) — A Detroit hospital’s decision to discharge a man only 6 hours after he tried to end his life is raising questions about other recent patient deaths that followed a quick hospital release.
Since 2020, at least four psychiatric patients discharged by a DMC hospital after a mental health crisis ended up dead—either by their own hand, or after a violent altercation with police.
As 7 Action News first reported Thursday, 41-year-old Sean Cohen was brought to Detroit Receiving Hospital in October after trying to commit suicide by swallowing two bottles of prescription pills.
Detroit police responded and had Cohen petitioned for care at the busy hospital j…….