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Obesity Dilemma: Pay Now or Pay for What It Becomes Later

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By Amy Ho
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I saw a patient in the ER who weighed 750 pounds. A neighbor called 911 for a welfare check after not seeing her for weeks. The fire engine arrived at her home and found her in bed, where she had lain down and become too weak to get back up. Eight firefighters and a mechanical lift moved her. When they raised one of her skin flaps to transfer her, the body of a kitten rolled out. It had crawled in some days earlier and gotten stuck.
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First, Do No Harm. Then Press 'Record.'

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By Amy Ho
| Medscape Verified
Are you using drugs? How much are you drinking? Are you having thoughts of hurting yourself? When did your last menstrual period start? Are you here against your will? These are the questions we ask nearly every patient who comes to the emergency department. We ask because the room is supposed to be a safe one. The clinician is bound by the Hippocratic Oath, and the patient, in turn, entrusts us with their honesty and vulnerability. But the room has changed.
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May 2026: Care and Ethics for Incarcerated Patients

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By Amy Ho
| ACEP Now (Formerly ACEP News) Verified
By | on May 15, 2026 | Host Aimee Faith Ho, MD, MPH, FACEP, welcomes Dr. Utsha Khatri to discuss the clinical and ethical nuances of caring for incarcerated patients, as also explored in the ACEP Now article, “Carceral Health and the Emergency Department.”Dr. Khatri, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and health services researcher, shares pearls for navigating the presence of correctional officers while re-centering the patient through dignity and medical autonomy.
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