emergency medical treatment act
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BANGOR - In an emotionally charged lawsuit heard last week in U.S. District Court, the jury unanimously found that Eastern Maine Medical Center violated a weighty national law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, commonly known as EMTALA.
The Bangor jury's verdict has caused the case to come to the attention of state and federal officials, who say an investigation of the Bangor hospital is likely.
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A medical malpractice plaintiff's expert couldn't be excluded on the ground that the witness had given up his practice in order to testify against doctors and hospitals, the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
The plaintiffs sued for medical malpractice and violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, alleging that the premature birth and subsequent death of their daughter was due to the negligence of a hospital and various doctors.
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By definition, urgent care centers offer treatment outside of a hospital emergency department. "Scranton has a good number of family physicians and, because of this, it's not particularly fertile ground for the support of urgent care centers," adds Dr. Martin. No denial David Schoenwetter, D.O., emergency medicine medical director with Geisinger emergency medical services, points out that hospital emergency departments are regulated by the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
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BANGOR - Lorraine Morin, who was having contractions when she was discharged from Eastern Maine Medical Center on July 1, 2007, after finding out the 16-week-old fetus she carried had no heartbeat, has won $200,000 in a civil lawsuit against the hospital.
She delivered her dead son in the bathroom of her Millinocket home later in the day and subsequently sued the hospital in U.S. District Court in Bangor, claiming that doctors violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act when they sent her home.
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