The Brief
- A former HCMC employee said the hospital’s $705 million rescue deal is not enough to fix its financial crisis.
- Staff at the hospital faced pressure to save money and feared for both their jobs and patient care, he said.
- He left the hospital in March and plans to start medical school later this summer after enlisting in the Navy.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – In an interview with FOX 9 on Monday, a former HCMC employee spoke candidly about his experience working in the safety-net hospital’s emergency department as it faced mounting financial pressures.
Life inside HCMC’s emergency department
What we know:
Keenan Hodge, who worked as a phlebotomist in the emergency department for just over a year, described the $705 million cash infusion as “a Band-Aid on a bullet hole.”
He said he often helped doctors and nurses with whatever they needed and shared that the emergency team is very good at their jobs.…