July 16, 2024 District Judge Karin Crump ruled that the Resource Group, a subsidiary of Ascension Health, defamed medical device vendor representative Kimberly Goodman who worked within Ascension Seton and Dell Children’s Hospital. The jury found that during 2020 and 2021, the Resource Group “published false, harmful statements about her about things she never did, and wrongly banned her from all Ascension facilities nationwide as a result, causing her significant damages,” Goodman’s lawyers wrote in a press release last week. All statements made by the Resource Group were found to be false in a 10-2 decision – they’ll have to pay Goodman $2,038,000 in damages, plus an extra $151,422 in interest.
In my experiences as a patient with Ascension I encountered issues of medical fraud and corruption in my dealings with medical staff and facilities around the Birmingham, Alabama area in recent years. I believe much of the fortunes and millions / billions of dollars in profit enjoyed by Ascension and their associates are underpinned by a mountain of wrongfully treated patients who suffered at the hands of this medical provider's care. I almost did not survive multiple misdiagnoses I encountered going into their ER and attempts to have Ascension account and correct it errors were met with denials and excuses as to their responsibility.
Between 2018-2019 I was an emergency department patient at Ascension St. Vincent’s East Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. I believe I had broken my neck. I had an X-Ray, 2 CT scans and later an MRI looked at by Ascension Vincent's doctors, each time they told me I had no injuries in this area. I knew their diagnosis was in error as my condition worsened. The area became infected and infested with parasites by summer 2019. I almost died. I obtained my medical records from their hospital along with the X-Ray / CT / MRI imagery and discovered the truth of my injury. I had broken bone in the underside of my skull in the area of the condylar canal and occipital condyle (possibly my foramen magnum was also fractured). How the doctors could have missed such a large and serious injury over multiple hospital visits is inexcusable. I believe some element of organized corruption may exist in this hospital. I have compiled over 10 hours video documentation on what happened to me on my youtube channel:
My Medical Nightmare
I may have been "patient dumped" in the course of my seeking treatment (a violation of EMTALA). When I told medical staff associated with Ascension about my discovery, I was personally attacked and my psychological state challenged, this is reflected in medical records I obtained later.
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