January 15, 2023 Recent News

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Finally, some sanity.  After a biased judge refused to allow Franciscan Health in Mishawaka, Indiana, to shut down their ED the Court of appeals overruled and allowed the ED to shut.  

Hospitals sometimes invent laws.  In the case of a patient in the waiting room filming an unpleasant encounter between hospital personnel and a patient and placing the video on her Tic Tok platform there is no HIPAA violation.  The hospital claimed there was one and maybe in hot water legaly for false imprssonment because of it.  This occurred at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan.

Dr. Lu Gao who worked at Pacific Medical Center in Washington, lost his license in the state.  He was accused of repeated inappropriate physical contact with a minor.

The Cleveland Clinic is under investigation by Ohio Department of Health.  This comes because of the Clinic reporting the sexual assault charges against Dr. Oman Massoud who has been arrested of sexually assaulting patients.        Top

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