Los Angeles ? The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office filed false imprisonment and dependent-care abuse charges against hospital giant Kaiser Permanente on Wednesday, the first criminal prosecution of a medical center accused of “dumping” patients on Skid Row.

The charges stem from an incident earlier this year when a 63-year-old patient from Kaiser Permanente’s Bellflower hospital was captured on video exiting a taxi in gown and socks, and then wandering the streets of Skid Row.

In addition to the criminal charges, the City Attorney also filed a civil lawsuit against Kaiser, using a California law on unfair business practices that city prosecutors usually implement against unscrupulous slumlords to force them to clean up their buildings. The suit seeks a judge’s order forbidding all Kaiser medical facilities from dumping homeless patients in Skid Row upon discharge and financial sanctions if it does.

Kaiser is one of 10 area hospitals under investigation by city prosecutors for discharging patients to the 50-block area of downtown, known for missions and homeless encampments.