Denver Health Paramedics Fired, (Denver Business Journal, June 2004)
"Unlike groups such as police doctors and hospitals, there is no central agency or group to which an employer or patients can file a complaint about paramedics, Dr. Patricia Gabow, CEO of Denver Health said...."
Delayed Emergency Response, (Westword, June 2008)
"If you get 'em into your ambulances, the patients and their wallets will follow."
Ambulance Times Doubted, (Journal of Emergency Medical Services - JEMS.com, Oct 2008)
"But after seeing just one month of data, the hospital stopped compiling it, certain that paramedics must have been making mistakes in their reports..."
A Denver Health paramedic fakes his license, and his boss keeps it under wraps, (Westword, Nov 2008)
"His answer was that it was not something [administration] needed to know in the day-to-day operations,"
Audit Blasts Ambulance Response in Denver, (TheDenverChannel.com, Dec 2008)
"Gallagher also points to a lack of city oversight for emergency medical response and inefficiencies with call processing..."
Denver Health to City Auditor: You aren't the boss of us!, (Westword, Dec 2008)
"Denver's standards are lower than the ones used by most other major cities."
Paramedic Broke Patient's Nose, Fractures Skull, Affidavit Says, (TheDenverChannel.com, Feb 2009)
A former Denver Health paramedic is accused of beating a seizure patient so severely that he broke the victim's nose and eye socket....."
33 Minutes to 3-4 Right, (TheDenverChannel.com, March 2009)
"Denver's ambulance system is broken..."
Former Paramedic Found Guilty in Ambulance Assault, (TheDenverChannel.com, Oct 2009)
"A former Denver paramedic faces up to 12 years in prison when he is sentenced next month for second-degree assault and false reporting..."
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