My December. 2nd, 2024 phone call to University Of Alabama At Birmingham (UAB) President Dr. Ray Watts. UAB recently completed a $450 million takeover of Ascension St. Vincent's hospitals in the area. <br /><br />Between 2018-2019 I was an emergency department patient at Ascension St. Vincent’s East Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. I believe I had broken my neck. I had an X-Ray, 2 CT scans and later an MRI looked at by Ascension Vincent's doctors, each time they told me I had no injuries in this area. I knew their diagnosis was in error as my condition worsened. The area became infected and infested with parasites by summer 2019. I almost died. I obtained my medical records from their hospital along with the X-Ray / CT / MRI imagery and discovered the truth of my injury. I had broken bone in the underside of my skull in the area of the condylar canal and occipital condyle (possibly my foramen magnum was also fractured). How the doctors could have missed such a large and serious injury over multiple hospital visits is inexcusable. I believe some element of organized corruption may exist in this hospital. I have compiled over 60 hours video documentation on what happened to me on my youtube channel:<br /><br /><br />My Medical Nightmare<br /><br /><br />I may have been "patient dumped" in the course of my seeking treatment (a violation of EMTALA). When I told medical staff associated with Ascension about my discovery, I was personally attacked and my psychological state challenged, this is reflected in medical records I obtained later. I was physically disabled and could not obtain proper treatment or diagnosis for this injury or even claim disability (I have been seriously disabled for over 6 years with no recourse) because doctors and nurses would only entertain what the erroneous Ascension ER findings were. My mother who was a nurse for 20 years had the misfortune of working in an Ascension hospital when I questioned my mri findings involving St Vincent's Ambulatory Healthcare Network LLC and doctor Michael Brant Ruff in March, 2019. She was terminated from her job there at the same time. I challenge the misdiagnosis of ascension Saint Vincent's Hospital here again as well as the policy of the hospital administration.
