Currently Employed Nurse Describes Ascension As "Sinking Ship" - Professionals Leaving In Droves

I mention an October, 2023 review published on the indeed.com website by a currently employed nurse who describes nationwide American medical provider Ascension As a "Sinking Shjp". She mentions:

"It’s been devastating to watch how Ascension has absolutely destroyed St Vincent in their take over. There is a mass exodus of providers in our community due to poor business practices, the disaster that is the centralized scheduling, and the company’s inability to retain adequate staffing to support their providers. There is a steady outflow of their most seasoned and dedicated employees which is resulting in many new staff members being forced to work as a skeleton crew. So many dangerous patient situations."

This resonates with issues I encountered as a patient in recent years. I replay My October. 13th, 2021 phone call to Ascension CEO Joseph Impicciche who's hospital oversight network includes Ascension Saint Vincent’s East Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.


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. I could not obtain proper treatment or misdiagnosis for this injury or even claim disability (I have been seriously disabled for over 3 years with no recourse) because doctors and nurses would only entertain what the erroneous Ascension ER findings were. My mother who was a nurse for 20 years had the misfortune of working in an Ascension hospital when I questioned my mri findings involving St Vincent's Ambulatory Healthcare Network LLC and doctor Michael Brant Ruff in March, 2019. She was terminated from her job there at the same time. I challenge the misdiagnosis of ascension Saint Vincent's Hospital here again as well as the policy of the hospital administration.