Advertisements In recent court filings, the El Paso Children’s Hospital is arguing both that it is a public entity immune from lawsuits but also not a public entity subject to open records requests. In the Hensley malpractice case, the plaintiffs have alleged that the negligence of doctors Steven Ross and Rodolfo Fierro-Stevens caused a “suspected” […]
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Special Report: El Paso Children’s Hospital Argues It Is Not Accountable to El Paso
Advertisements The El Paso Children’s Hospital is arguing that it is not subject to the Texas Public Information Act. El Paso Children’s Hospital is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. As a nonprofit, it argues that it is not a “governmental body” subject to the Texas Public Information Act. However, we disagree. Here is why. The Attorney General […]
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The El Paso Children’s Hospital Financial House of Cards
Advertisements El Paso Children’s Hospital has a very troublesome history in El Paso. El Paso deserves a children’s hospital. But at what expense? Having a children’s hospital is not the remedy because ultimately the job of a children’s hospital is to cure the children and not to hurt them more by medical failures or the […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation Accepted Stolen Money Donation
Advertisements This article was corrected on December 16, 2021 at 6:00am ET. The date of the donation to the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation was on November 20, 2020, not November 20, 2021 as originally reported. In October of this year, Abner Alejandro Tinoco was accused of running a Ponzi scheme based out of El […]
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Are El Paso Children in Danger At El Paso Children’s Hospital
Advertisements An El Paso Politics Special Report This article was updated on October 5, 2020 at 10:07a.m. (ET) to clarify that as far as the El Paso Politics is aware, County Commissioner David Stout is not related to Cindy Stout. We also added a section headline for readability purposes. [Author’s note: I had originally intended […]
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Accreditation Complaint Filed Against El Paso Children’s Hospital
Advertisements In an email blast to several news organizations, David Saucedo announced that he filed a complaint against the El Paso Children’s Hospital on October 5. The complaint was filed with The Join Commission. The Joint Commission is a non-profit organization that accredits hospitals. Without a Joint Commission accreditation, a hospital loses its ability to […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Under Investigation By The Texas Health and Human Services
Advertisements The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has opened an investigation into the El Paso Children’s Hospital, according to a notification dated October 20, 2020. The notification came from the Health Care Facilities. It investigates allegations of “substandard care” provided by any health care facility regulated by HHSC. The complaint against the children’s […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Nurses Letter To Board
Advertisements Over several weeks now, El Paso Politics has been communicating with several individuals about the El Paso Children’s Hospital. Most of the individuals have requested that we keep them anonymous for fear of reprisals. Few have been willing to go on the record fearing that they would be retaliated against. Some current children’s hospital […]
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Another Complaint Filed Against El Paso Children’s Hospital By Parents Of Daughter Who Died
Advertisements The El Paso Politics received an email news blast from David Saucedo announcing that he has filed a federal complaint against El Paso Children’s Hospital with the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. El Paso Children’s Hospital, although officially a non-profit, is wholly owned by the […]
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El Paso Children’s Hospital Sued For Death of Three-Year Old
Advertisements Today, David Saucedo II and his wife, Mariana filed a lawsuit against the El Paso Children’s Hospital and doctors, Roberto Canales and Rodolfo Fierro-Stevens for “grossly negligent care provided by EPCH, EPCH’s staff, and in particular Dr. Roberto Canales.” The 100-page lawsuit details the allegations that led to the death of their three-year-old daughter. […]
