A Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center physician alleges in a lawsuit that hospital officials retaliated against him for expressing concerns about ICU care. The Houston hospital has denied the allegation in court filings.
by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica
This article was produced in collaboration with the Houston Chronicle.
Dr. Tomas Rios was upset. He believed that some of his patients
at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center had received unnecessary medical
treatments in intensive care units at the Houston hospital, and one day
in September 2015, he fired off three emails to colleagues expressing
his frustration.
A month later, Rios was summoned to a meeting with his boss, but the
purpose was not to discuss his concerns about patient care. Instead, he
got a warning.
Dr. Victor Narcisse, a private-practice physician and member of the
hospital’s medical executive committee, said that senior hospital
officials had been in touch with him about Rios’ conduct, and they had
made clear that they intended to “develop the evidence” to take punitive
action against him. Narcisse compared the hospital’s plans for him to
“an assassination,” according to a recording of the conversation. A transcript of the discussion was filed with Harris County District Court this week as part of a lawsuit by Rios against St. Luke’s.
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