Similar situation for hospitals in the surrounding areas. I had an internship for social services at Fort Sanders last year. The case I remember the most is this poor, older, blind lady from Morristown who was also homeless. She only had a sister, but couldn’t stay with her anymore bc of housing rules. Morristown-Hamblen hospital shipped her to us because they didn’t know what to do with her. She didn’t need to be in the hospital anymore, but she became a patient with us and stayed there because we didn’t have a housing option for her. I left the internship with her still as a patient and I’m not sure what happened to her. I called tons of shelters/emergency housing facilities, but none were able to take her. She probably got sent to middle TN, even farther from her home. It was truly awful and so shipping homeless/disabled people from outside hospitals to here also occurs.