Abortion Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After Firing Pregnant Employees

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Abortion Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After Firing Employees When They Became Pregnant
MICAIAH BILGER
lifenews.com
APR 22, 2016   |   12:33PM

The Pilgrim Medical Center, a Montclair abortion clinic that advertises same-day, late-term abortions, recently lost a discrimination lawsuit filed by three former employees who said they were fired after becoming pregnant, according to the Wall Street Journal. Now, the abortion facility is filing for bankruptcy.

Nicholas Campanella, the abortionist who owns the facility, has a reputation among his staff for “not lik[ing] pregnant employees,” according to the lawsuit. One former employee said she was fired in February 2013 after she became pregnant; Campanella told her there was not work for her anymore, though the abortion clinic had just posted a job opening for her duties, the report states. The other two workers said they were fired after taking maternity leave.

A judge awarded them more than $1 million, but Campanella is appealing the decision, according to the report. Because the abortion facility also is filing for bankruptcy, the former employees cannot collect the monetary damages, the report states.

The legal proceedings have not stopped the abortion facility’s deadly operations either. ...

In the bankruptcy documents, Campanella touted his abortion clinic’s strong reputation for safety and care; but past inspection reports from the state show otherwise. A 2011 Montclair Times article reported state inspectors found two “immediate jeopardy” issues at Pilgrim that were “serious enough that they posed or could pose a risk for harm” to patients.

The state found the abortion facility was reusing the same needle to withdraw medication for multiple patients, not cleaning up blood properly, and failing to keep emergency medical supplies in stock. State investigators also found that a patient’s chest was not hooked up to an EKG monitor, but an EKG status was written on the person’s medical record, according to the report. During the inspection, one employee did not even know where the EKG monitor was, the report states.

Seriously, how could more be said? The abortionist who claims to serve women's interests broke anti-discrimination laws. The abortionist who claims to serve women's interests endangered his patients through hazardous practices, not stocking emergency supplies, not using vital equipment, falsifying medical records, and not properly training staff.

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Virginia Suspends Abortion Clinic's License After 52-Page Report Reveals Numerous Violations
BY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI
CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
April 28, 2016|4:15 pm

A Virginia abortion clinic has had its license suspended after an inspection found 26 violations using dirty equipment on women (patient after patient), workers not changing blood-stained scrubs between operations, and not changing scrubs after plunging a clogged toilet.

Earlier this month, the Virginia Health Group of Fairfax had its license suspended when an unannounced state inspection found several code violations in its facility.
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Investigators also found toilets that frequently stopped up, poorly repaired doors, and equipment that lacked proper testing of its safety.

"The vacuum suction machine used for the surgical procedures contained a sticker which documented no preventative maintenance check since 2012," continued the report.

"The survey team also observed that there was no call system located in the patient bathroom which could be used in the event a patient required assistance."
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"Staff #1's gloves were observed to be visibly soiled with blood. After the procedure, Staff #1 removed his/her gloves and used hand sanitizer. The surveyor did not observe Staff #1 wash his/her hands with soap and water after exiting the procedure room," added the report.

"The surveyor noted that the rolling exam light which was touched by Staff #6 while wearing contaminated gloves during the procedure was not cleaned, the ultrasound machine sitting in the room beside the patient was not cleaned, neither the can of Hurricane numbing spray nor the bottle of Monesl's solution were wiped off after having been used, and only the top of the vacuum suction machine was cleaned."

In another incident, a staff plunged a toilet and did not change their scrubs before observing a procedure.

Virginia Health Group's license suspension comes several months after Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's administration attempted to gut some abortion clinic regulations.

Amazing what is found if an abortuary doesn't have a warning that allows it to hide their real operating conditions and procedures! The cleanliness problems are self-explanatory. The lack of maintenance in the medical equipment may be less so.

Medical equipment must meet special standards that mandate a very low leakage current through the ground (the "third" prong in the plug). The purpose is to avoid shocking or killing patients. Electrical insulators and electronic parts can deteriorate with time and use, so the leakage current must be checked periodially. So, with no testing in four years, that equipment might be perfectly safe or it might be a shock hazard, but the abortuary is putting its patients at risk by not doing the necessary preventive maintenance.

Crap like this illustrates the need for the basic safety laws PP and other abortuaries are fighting tooth-and-nail. It's a profitable industry, and many of its operators' cupidity lead them to risk patients' health and lives by cutting corners. It's shameful that many pols resist applying existing common sense safety standards that other surgery centers meet to abortuaries. And it's shameful that some regulocrats - such as those who didn't learn of Kermit Gosnell's charnel house until it was exposed by accident - turn a blind eye to the abuses too common in the abortion industry.