Miss. hospital sues ambulance service over diverted patients

Heartsburg, Missouri - Missouri Medical Center has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday for reasons of cheating on ambulance companies and local residents are deprived of treatment options

In this case, it is claimed that AAA ambulances and Forrest General Hospital are jointly used for misconduct, fraud and illegal purposes and explicitly to transport AAA ambulance personnel to Wesley Medical Center for emergency medicine It also includes examples of residents seeking for. However, it is being transported to Forest General Hospital

In the Wesley Medical Center litigation, an AAA ambulance managed by Forrest General Hospital says, "Unconsciously ignoring the patient's choice, infringing federal law and the law of Mississippi, thereby ignoring the patient's request, I gave it. " Wesley's reputation and business "

The case also alleges that the two organizations forge medical records, make false and slanderous remarks about Wesley, and deliberately violate the destination guidelines of the state trauma system. Because of these misconducts, Wesley claims that Forrest General Hospital has illegally acquired a disproportionate trauma fund from the state of Mississippi.

In the lawsuit, he insisted that some patients in this plan were mistakenly classified as "trauma" patients and stated that they could only be sent to Forest General Hospital, and in fact did not meet the criteria of trauma Said Mr. Wesley. And I may have taken care of by Wesley

In the litigation, some people argue that Wesley was mistakenly told that medical professionals and medical emergencies can not be accommodated. Other people are told that their emergency treatment will be delayed and AAA ambulances are said to seek permission to take them to Wesley.

"We were overwhelmed by the miserable story of the local residents who wanted to come to Wesley for emergency care - they demanded to come to Wesley, in particular - but at the most vulnerable moment" Weekly Medical Center CEO, Mike Neuendorf said.

"When making a lawsuit, we insist on asking patients for choice and patients have the right to decide where to call for emergency medical care."

When Hattiesburg U. did contact, Forest General Hospital officials declined to comment on this issue. Jim Dukes, an agent that represents FGH and AAA ambulances, did not want to comment on litigation.

Mississippi has created a guide on the destination of the trauma system. This indicates when the patient should be transported to a hospital with a trauma unit. Wesley's lawsuit claims that AAA ambulances and Forest General Hospit have repeatedly ignored these guidelines.

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