Jfam.

Jfam. Art Caplan, who is an internationally recognized medical ethicist (not at Mayo) sums it up with the grossest of understatements:

"This should never have happened," he said. "This is a cautionary tale."

Sort of tl;dr (but you should read the whole two part story, because, jfam):

18 year old girl has life-threatening aneurysm
Family gets her sent to Mayo, where surgeons spend a month saving her life
Girl gets sent to rehab at Mayo
Conflicts develop between family and rehab staff
Rehab staff tries to get legal guardianship of girl without informing family
Family and girl decide they want out
Hospital won't let them
They manage to leave anyway a la TV medical drama
Police chase starts
Family gets another medical opinion in another state
Police chase ends
Girl gets care elsewhere, graduates high school, and is doing well


https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/health/mayo-clinic-escape-1-eprise/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/health/mayo-clinic-escape-1-eprise/index.html

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