As we recently reported in late September, eleven-year-old Jessie Limas died at El Paso Children’s Hospital after surgery. Limas’ mother, Nancy Limas, a Texas Registered Nurse, detailed several instances of what she alleges were failures of the medical staff at the children’s hospital that led to the death of her child. We have now become […]
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Breaking: The Texas Health And Human Services Commission Finds El Paso Children’s Hospital Not In Compliance
Breaking News: El Paso News just learned that the El Paso Children’s Hospital was found to be noncompliant in federal state regulations in the case of Jessie Limas who died at the hospital on September 5. As we reported, Jessie’s mother, a registered nurse, documented several instances of failures of the medical staff to care […]
The El Paso Children’s Hospital Is Before The Texas Supreme Court On Malpractice Case
David Saucedo and his wife filed a motion with the Texas Supreme Court in June 2022 after Judge Selena Solis ruled that an affidavit included in the original lawsuit must be removed from the public record. Central to the controversy is the so-called Mayes affidavit. The Mayes Affidavit (read the affidavit) was provided by Thomas […]
In Letter Texas Tech Acknowledges “Systematic Failures” That Led To Death Of Eleven-Year-Old At El Paso Children’s Hospital
In an update to a story, we brought you back in September over the death of eleven-year-old Jessie Limas, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC) has acknowledged “systematic failures and treatment issues that contributed to Jessie Limas’ death.” As we reported, the day after arriving at the hospital for abdominal pain, […]
El Paso Children’s Hospital Names Emergency Room After Lawyer Sued For Ambulance Chasing
On March 29, the El Paso Children’s Hospital Foundation announced it had received a $250,000 donation from Cesar Ornelas Injury Law, a law firm with offices in several cities in Texas. According to the Foundation, the donation was made on March 20. The El Paso Children’s Hospital renamed its emergency room after Ornelas because of […]
Amicus Brief Arguing That Peer-Review Be Limited To Protect Patients Filed In El Paso Children’s Hospital Case Before The Texas Supreme Court
As we previously reported, the Texas Supreme Court had provided the El Paso Children’s Hospital and the other defendants until Thursday of last week to submit a response to the Court on the ongoing malpractice litigation over the death of the daughter of David and Mariana Saucedo. The controversy before the Court is whether a […]
Another Child Dies At El Paso Children’s Hospital: Mother Alleges She Was Forced To Watch Resuscitation Efforts After Complaining About Delay Of Care To Staff
Editor’s note: some of the events presented in this report may be difficult for some readers to read. On September 5, 2023, eleven-year-old Jessie Limas died at El Paso Children’s Hospital about eighteen hours after arriving at the facility. El Paso News interviewed Jessie’s mother over the last few days via telephone, text messages and […]
Cindy Stout Sent Email Acknowledging Conspiracy To Remove Board Member
When the El Paso Children’s Hospital emerged from bankruptcy under the full control of the University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC), one of the first actions UMC needed to complete to take control of the children’s hospital was to replace the children’s hospital board. On January 2016, UMC appointed Ron Acton, Miguel Fernandez, Patrick […]
Court Of Appeals Scheduled To Hear Arguments Over Children’s Evidence Hiding
On Thursday morning, the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals will be holding oral arguments over evidence that the El Paso Children’s Hospital is trying to keep from the public. As we reported back on January 27, 2022, the El Paso Children’s Hospital successfully convinced Judge Selena Solis to seal a court document in a […]
Former UMC Bond Advocate Now Says Hospital Failing Patients After Recent Experience
On November 18, 2022, Crystal Veronica Lerma, whose child is facing a serious brain health crisis, published a Facebook live stream discussing how El Paso Children’s Hospital is forcing her to go out of town to care for her child because the hospital is “failing” her child. The Facebook video was forwarded to El Paso […]