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Ascension's health system (142,000 employees and 142 hospitals across USA) is at the center of what may be the largest medical corruption case in U.S. history. They have empowered doctors, hospitals and partners with authority and privileges (and million dollar salaries) to operate that should not even be allowed to push a mop or broom in a professional medical setting or around those seeking medical treatment.

Birmingham, Alabama is no stranger to medical scandal, having played host to the Healthsouth debacle nearly 20 years ago but a far greater one is gathering strength, it involves patients being dumped, not receiving service (even-after paying), medical fraud, purposeful misdiagonosis and non-accountabilty after the fact. Radiology is a major chokepoint in local corruption. I share my experience as a patient dealing with 50+ doctor organization: Birmingham Radiological Group. Their response to my Better Business Bureau complaint should be required reading for any patient who deals with their doctors and any MD or business partner who interested in working with them.

Birmingham Radiological Group (Alabama) appointed Shannon Sykes (who holds no medical qualifications or certifications) through which to issue a rebuttal to my Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaint as a consumer. The group's title appears on the top of a bill for one of these medical scans in 2019. 3 member doctors of this group (Julian Patrick Druhan MD, Angus Baird MD and Donald Shane Kelly MD), radiologists, misdiagnosed medical image scans (X-Rays, CT Scans & MRI scans I had done between 2018-2019 at Saint Vincent's East Hospital (Ascension) & American Health Imaging). I went into the emergency room and to doctors believing I had broken my neck or skull. The doctors took these scans and typed up in official records I had no injury. I obtained the images and written records later and found I had broken the basilar area of my skull.


In this video I share the text of their rebuttal which reads as a petty attempt to weaken the credibility of a misdiagnosed patient. This not about a patient, this is about doctors who did not do their jobs properly and misdiagnosed medical imagery and issues. It includes examples of mudslinging, attributing false statements and possibly HIPAA issues. I did not give Shannon Sykes or Birmingham Radiological Group permission to use my person health information and twist / spin it in the pursuit of supporting clear medical misdiagnosis.



Better Business Bureau (BBB), a private, nonprofit organization whose self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust. The BBB prospects successfully vetted businesses to become dues-paying 'accredited businesses' that pledge and continue to adhere to the BBB Code of Business Practices.


Please see my Youtube Channel, MY MEDICAL NIGHTMARE where I have compiled over 10 hours video documentation on my injury and treatment.

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Transcript
00:00All right, as always, you can go to YouTube channel My Medical Nightmare and see 40 plus
00:07hours video on everything that happened to me.
00:10Birmingham, Alabama is no stranger to nationwide corruption cases in the medical business sector.
00:19This city is where the Health South scandal played out nearly 20 years ago.
00:25But there is a far greater medical corruption matter brewing, and it involves the Ascension
00:34health care system.
00:36According to Wikipedia, they operate 2,600 health care sites in 19 states and Washington,
00:45D.C. in the United States of America, including 142 hospitals.
00:50They employ 142,000 people as of 2021.
00:57Ascension is a large medical industry player in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
01:04And thanks to Ascension, they have given privileges for people to operate as doctors, nurses, and
01:14other medical staff who have no business going near a mop and a broom in a doctor's office
01:22or a hospital.
01:23Patients who wind up in Ascension facilities and in front of Ascension employees who are
01:30indigent, have no source of income or insurance, are especially vulnerable, and they're being
01:37taken advantage of, they're routinely paying what little money they can come up with for
01:44a medical examination, and they're getting patient dumped and misdiagnosed on purpose regularly.
01:52This is medical fraud.
01:54There's criminal conspiracy involved.
01:57In and around Birmingham, you'll find many private medical businesses who owe their existence
02:04solely to business generated through Ascension and their various other holdings, including
02:13St. Vincent's Hospital.
02:15I was a patient at Ascension St. Vincent's East Hospital in 2019, and I found myself a victim
02:24of a string of unexplainable misdiagnoses, as well as patient dumping.
02:31When I took these issues to the doctors, I found that the radiological organizations for
02:41which the radiology specialists work are a major corruption choke point in what I've just
02:50explained.
02:52Ascension and the radiological groups would not place me in contact with the doctors directly,
02:58which they should have, to clear up these issues.
03:01In my case, I broke the underside of my skull.
03:04I had four scans done, x-ray, CT, and MRI.
03:10The scans were looked at by three state of Alabama licensed medical doctors for Birmingham
03:17Radiological Group.
03:19The pictures were taken.
03:20I looked at the doctors, looked at the images, issued their reports.
03:24They wrote down with their signature affixed that no injuries appeared.
03:30The diagnosis did not sit right with me because every time I would move my head just a little
03:38bit, there would be incredible pain and crunching bone.
03:42I went and got my medical records and those pictures.
03:46I'll put them in this video again.
03:49What you can see in these images is I had broken the underside of my skull, misdiagnosed from
03:56the outset, close to a year later, infection set up around the main wound that was unacknowledged.
04:03I almost died from this injury.
04:05There are other patients out there, like myself, who are in the process of fighting ascension.
04:12I just wanted to take this opportunity to post again my complaint to the Better Business
04:20Bureau.
04:21This exchange is documented through a third party.
04:25It's not hearsay.
04:27Birmingham Radiological Group claims they have over 50 doctors on the payroll.
04:33And look what they wrote in response to my concerns.
04:37The woman they had issued this response, Shannon Sykes, also possesses no medical credentials
04:46or qualifications in the state of Alabama.
04:49And she did not name a so licensed individual to back up her statement.
04:56And this is very concerning and telling.
04:59Again, they've got 50 doctors on the payroll.
05:03Somebody has a question about an erroneous report that shows a very serious head trauma-based
05:10injuries that somebody could easily die from.
05:12And read carefully their response.
05:16And this response alone, this should cost Birmingham Radiological Group their operating license.
05:24And the individual doctors involved should also be punished.
05:28That's my belief.
05:30Thank you for calling Birmingham Radiological Group.
05:35Birmingham Radiological Group.
05:36May I direct your call?
05:38Yes, sir.
05:39I'm trying to have an MRI sequence reread.
05:43I had an injury show up in an MRI that one of your doctors looked at.
05:48I need to have this looked at again, please.
05:52Okay, what facility or hospital did you have your MRI done?
05:57Okay, this would be American Health Imaging.
06:00And the doctor's name was Angus Baird, MD.
06:06Okay, well let me connect you with our office manager.
06:09All right.
06:10May I help you?
06:11Yes, ma'am.
06:12Who am I speaking to?
06:14Matthew Berkin.
06:15Okay, thank you very much.
06:17Yes, ma'am.
06:18I was a patient of one of your doctors.
06:21I'm trying to have an MRI sequence reread.
06:25An injury appeared in this MRI.
06:28And I need to have the doctor take a look at it again, please.
06:33Okay.
06:33And what's your account number?
06:35This MRI that I'm calling about today, this was done at American Health Imaging.
06:42Okay.
06:42I don't handle American Health Imaging.
06:45I'm sorry.
06:45You have the wrong number.
06:46How do I get in touch with Angus Baird, MD?
06:49Because his phone number leads to you guys.
06:53Yeah, he is one of our doctors, but you'll have to contact him through AHI.
06:58How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
06:59How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
07:00How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
07:00How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
07:00How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
07:00How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
07:00How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
07:00How do I get in touch with Angus Baird?
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