Stanford doctor says East Palo Alto housekeeper arrested by ICE was 'catatonic' the day she was discharged [View all]

"The primary care doctor for the East Palo Alto housekeeper with a chronic medical condition who collapsed when arrested by ICE last week was “catatonic” at Stanford Medical Center last Friday morning, and questioned her suitability to be discharged into federal custody that night.

During a protest outside the hospital Tuesday evening, Dr. Yusra Hussain, a physician on staff at Stanford for 20 years who was brought on Friday morning by the woman’s family to check on her care, accused Stanford of “caving in” to federal agents. They had stood guard outside her hospital room door since her arrest Aug. 25 and banned visits from family for all but the first day she was admitted. Stanford didn’t inform the family when she was being discharged, Hussain said.

“When I went to see her that morning, she barely could lift her arms to hold my hand. She was drenched in sweat. She couldn’t talk,” Hussain said. “She was literally in the state of catatonia. She could barely move her eyes and just answer with a nod.”

She appeared to be “in shock” from her arrest, Hussain said.

Nonetheless, she said she was assured by medical staff after her discharge that she was safe to be released."


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