Providers testified that financial distress resulted in patient harm. Nurses described searching every department mid-procedure for basic supplies. Equipment was repossessed, down to the coffee pots in the cafeteria. A patient died while waiting for transfer, resulting in the hospital’s third “immediate jeopardy” citation at the end of March, said Nicholas Gachassin, executive counsel at the Louisiana Department of Health.
Providers testified that financial distress resulted in patient harm. Nurses described searching every department mid-procedure for basic supplies. Equipment was repossessed, down to the coffee pots in the cafeteria. A patient died while waiting for transfer, resulting in the hospital’s third “immediate jeopardy” citation at the end of March, said Nicholas Gachassin, executive counsel at the Louisiana Department of Health.
In the case of Angelle Fitch and Michael Fitch, individually and on behalf of their minor son, Elias Fitch versus Dr. Charon Gentile, Heather Fanguy, N.P., and Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, d/b/a Terrebonne General Medical Center (Case ID: 2023 CA 0595), the plaintiffs have appealed a district court judgment dismissing their medical malpractice claims against the defendants.