A job posting seeking a Spanish translator has been circulated online by Birmingham, AL. health clinic Christ Health Center. Born in raised in this area, in my own visit to their Woodlawn location in 2019 I felt out of place, in the main waiting area I observed 90% Spanish speakers and Latinos (20-30 people) and noted virtually no English spoken during my several minute wait. I believe many of these Spanish speakers were Illegal immigrants.
My own stance on the immigration issue is I believe Illegal immigration harms our communities in Birmingham, Alabama and The United States and people should not give their time and money to businesses that support illegal immigrants.
I also mention the Xerox machine and stacks of paperwork in the hallway of this clinic. The preoccupation of licensed medical staff in this location is apparently handing out paperwork to the many indigent and uninsured / unemployed patients who seek health treatment there. For my $100 the main thing I was given was some papers from one of these stacks that only referred me to yet another group of medical practices where I was told I could receive financial assistance and medical care.
1 Year On: a letter I was told by their lawyer would be sent to me after a scheduled August, 2023 board meeting never arrived (August 2024, 1 year later). She refused to help me correct a laundry list of service and negligence issues in my visit. I also ask why a medical doctor I had no interaction with (Beverly VonDerpool) strangely signed off on my records days following my visit. This was AFTER I had informed their staff I was misdiagnosed by partners Ascension Saint Vincent's Birmingham, AL. for an injury that will takes hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to treat (broken skull / head trauma).
Lawyer Deborah Pickens told me in a recorded August, 2023 phone call Christ Health was not liable for negligence damages I incurred in botched visits with their MD and NP in 2019. She then invoked federal protections by the United States government (that apparently excuses their negligence) AND invited me to consult a lawyer myself. She tells me outright that because of their status, any claim I had against them would need to be made against the U.S. Federal Government. She does not possess a medical license to know if I received appropriate care or not but failed to name one of their practices many doctors or nurses who drew such a conclusion following an investigation she claims was made into my issues.
5 months after speaking to their CEO Dr. Robert Record MD (& 2 months following being connected lawyer Deborah Pickens I am still awaiting a letter containing the results of an August, 2023 board meeting regarding several outstanding issues that arose during my 2 visits with their NP & MD in 2019.
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