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Winkler County, Texas. The Winkler County nurse whistleblower case was a series of legal proceedings in West Texas concerning the retaliation against two nurses who submitted an anonymous state medical board complaint against a physician in 2009.
Alarmed, she alerted hospital officials, who called in the Indiana State Police. Majors was suspended pending investigation. [7] The Indiana State Nursing Board suspended Majors's license for five years after it had determined he had exceeded his authority by giving emergency drugs and by working in an ICU without a doctor, and VCH fired him ...
The program encountered great controversy when it was first implemented for several reasons. Tow truck drivers claimed that the program hurt their business, leading nine wrecker companies to file lawsuits against the city. Mayor White testified in court in the case. [3] The tow truck drivers claimed the program violated federal law.
The Center for Reproductive Rights filed the complaints on behalf of the women, claiming the Texas hospitals violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act as a result of the fear ...
The board's action comes after almost two years of calls by Texas OB-GYNs, pregnant patients, lawmakers, Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's highest court for the agency to issue guidelines about ...
Texas Alliance for Life in monthly news releases has highlighted that between 1 in 10 "medical-necessity" abortions have been recorded in Texas each month since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Wade ...
The board is made up of seven members, appointed by the state governor, no more than four of which can be of the same political party. [4] [7] Five of the members are required to be physicians, and one an osteopathic physician; the seventh member serves as a representative of the general public and is required to be in no way associated with the medical profession other than as a consumer.
The tow truck driver who ran a red light and killed a 22-year-old Fresno woman in a car crash at Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue last month is alleged to have been under the influence of a ...