WaPo: “Two women have filed complaints against two Texas hospitals for allegedly denying them treatment for ectopic pregnancies, which they say put their lives at risk and breached federal law.
In a complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kyleigh Thurman said that in February 2023, Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital in Round Rock, Tex., discharged her without treating her ectopic pregnancy or transferring her to another hospital. It denied her treatment again when she returned days later with vaginal bleeding, she said….
In her complaint, Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz said that in February, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital discharged her without treatment for an ectopic pregnancy or a transfer to another hospital. When she sought a second opinion within hours, she was rushed into emergency surgery at a different facility, she said.”