Disturbing body camera footage shows the final moments of an Oregon man’s overdose in a hospital before doctors, thinking he was “playing possum,” handed him over to police and suggested they take him to a bus stop before he died.
Jean DesCamps, 26, was admitted to Milwaukie’s Providence Hospital on Dec. 12 after she was found covered in feces and moving slowly on a Portland TriMet MAX train.
He told police he was on drugs and in pain, so they took him to the hospital, according to a review by the Multnomah County Prosecutor’s Office provided to The Post.
He was bathed, given antibiotics for the infection and received “some” Narcan for “mild opioid intoxication” but the hospital did not appear to order a toxicology report or drug screening for DesCamps – who staff described to police as having a “chronic problem.”
Soon after, doctors decided he was ready to be discharged.
Jean DesCamps, 26, died of an overdose after doctors at an Oregon hospital said she was faking it. KGW8
A hospital security guard asked police at 9:45 p.m. to remove DesCamps from the emergency department because he was “difficult” and refused to leave. When police arrived, they reported seeing him “moaning and drooling” and appearing incapacitated.
Footage released by the Milwaukie Police Department shows Descamp slumped in a hotel chair with sores and cuts covering his legs, the Daily Mail reported.
“There’s no medical reason for him to be here anymore, and it’s all behavior,” a staff member is heard telling officers, according to the clip.
An emergency department doctor said DesCamps was “playing possum” and that “officers should have dropped him off at the bus stop,” the DA’s memo said.
DesCamps was drooling and appeared incapacitated when he was released from Milwaukie’s Providence Hospital.
When an officer suggested he could die, doctors said he was medically cured and that he was faking his symptoms.
He had several warrants for his arrest for criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a vehicle, but the Clackamas County Jail told police it would not accept DesCamps if he could not walk or take care of himself.
Body camera footage shows two officers pin the man’s arms above his head as they handcuff his limp wrists.
They gently lift him up and put him in a wheelchair, the video shows.
“Do you feel comfortable with anything that’s happening right now?” an officer asks in the video as they load DesCamps into the car.
Police officials protested DesCamps’ release from the hospital in his condition. KGW8
“No,” the other replied.
They decided to take him to another hospital, Unity Behavioral Medical Center in Portland, calling and telling the facility that DesCcamps was in “bad condition,” according to the DA’s findings.
As they waited for staff to pick him up outside the hospital, an officer questioned whether DesCamps was still breathing.
“When they were unable to confirm a pulse, officers immediately removed DesCamps from the vehicle, released him, and performed CPR until medics took over,” the DA’s office said.
He was pronounced dead at 11.31pm
“I’ve been saying for years, it’s only a matter of time before they refuse to care and make us do something,” one officer told an ambulance medic in body camera footage.
“That man does not need to die now. Their thinking there is, ‘Oh, it’s just another transformer.’”
EMS told officers they did everything right, and said they should call an ambulance for medical transport from a hospital if they find themselves in a situation with the same patient again.
An official explained that Providence Hospital refused to readmit the man.
“I mean he wasn’t verbal, he wasn’t talking, he had involuntary drooling, and they were like, ‘No, there’s nothing wrong with him,'” she said.
DesCamps later died after police took him to another hospital. KGW8
The State Medical Examiner’s Office determined DesCamps died of a drug overdose and natural causes.
The police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in his death, the DA’s office said.
“In the recording DesCamps did not respond meaningfully to what was happening around him,” the document reads. “The footage captures the officers’ concerns and the hospital’s response — and supports the conclusion that DesCamps was only placed in police custody and sent to Unity when it was clear that the hospital would no longer treat him.”
The Post has reached out to the DesCamps’ family attorney, Amity Girt, for comment.
Providence Milwaukie Hospital’s federal funding has been threatened as a result of the incident. KGW8
Providence said the body camera footage was “difficult to watch” and that it was conducting an internal review of the incident.
“We recognize that we have a lot of work to do in building better relationships with our first responders, especially officers at the Milwaukie Police Department,” the facility told The Post in a statement.
“Police and emergency workers have difficult and high-pressure jobs – and we are committed to doing more to make it easier for them.”
The Oregon Health Authority notified Milwaukie’s Providence Hospital that it is facing “immediate jeopardy notice” – threatening its federal funding.
The hospital said it is addressing OHA’s concerns by “strengthening our existing processes for caring for and discharging patients with our Providence Milwaukie caregivers.”
Providence confirmed that its emergency department physicians are not employed by Providence but are contracted with Oregon Emergency Physicians.
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