REDDING, Calif. — A viral Reddit thread in r/Redding has thrust Shasta Regional Medical Center back into the spotlight, with accusations that the hospital is discharging vulnerable, often homeless patients onto city streets without adequate support — a practice critics label as “patient dumping.”
The post, originally shared by local homeless advocate RLF777 and later deleted by the poster, described a severely emaciated man left on the sidewalk near Corbetts in Redding…
