Local hospital uses court to keep patient for a year, charges $1.2 million in medical bills

Source: , Posted On:   17 January 2022

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A family is wanting answers after they say a local hospital used the court system to hold their brother in the hospital against his will for a year, racking up $1.2 million in medical bills before he died with toxic levels of drugs in his system.

In April 2021, Navy veteran Jimmy Johnston’s ashes returned to his hometown in Indiana for a final send-off.

A priest at the Catholic Church Johnston attended as a child spoke about the love he always gave to his family. An honor guard played taps and handed a carefully folded flag to his four siblings.