Sutter Sued for Breaking Contracts With Community Health District - Sutter Corporate Watch

Sutter Sued for Breaking Contracts With Community Health District
The publicly elected board of the Marin Healthcare District sued Sutter alleging that the company broke its contract with the district by failing to ensure adequate emergency medical services at the hospital and by committing conflict-of-interest violations. Jennifer Childs, a 23-year-old auto accident victim, died from head injuries following a 3-hour delay in care after Sutter's Marin General Hospital failed to provide full-time emergency neurosurgical services. George Stratigos, the Vice Mayor of Sausalito at the time, criticized the hospital in a newspaper op-ed for "cost cutting measures that have allowed inadequate staffing levels to become the norm rather than the exception."