CA Hospital Claims EMS Ban Forces Longer Ambulance Transports for Stroke Patients

Tony Saavedra – The Orange County Register

Orange County Global Medical Center is seeking a court order that would overturn the county’s decision to stop first responders from taking stroke patients to the hospital following complaints of poor medical care.

In a writ filed Friday, Jan. 16, in Orange County Superior Court, lawyers for the Santa Ana hospital allege it was denied due process in the recent decision by county Emergency Medical Services to revoke its designation as one of nine centers receiving stroke patients by ambulance…

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