Friday, March 9, 2012

MetAmb at Fault for Ailing Elderly?

Kate Rhinehart
Associated Press Writer

BEXAR COUNTY- Lawyers defending the Geriatric Hospital have introduced new evidence this week to the ongoing class action lawsuit filed a few months ago against the Hospital for the deaths of several elderly residents.

Metro Ambulance has been identified by a forensic epidemiologist as being an important vector in the spread of disease. MetroAmb had the contract for 19 of the 27 patients which contracted diseases late last year.

With this move, Geriatric Associates has effectively shifted the burden of proof from themselves back to the prosecution.

A MetroAmb representative was not available for comment at this time. One plaintiff was quoted as saying, “We don’t care who is to blame, we just want whoever is at fault to pay. We lost our loved ones, and nothing we can do will bring them back. We don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”

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