American Health Care Services – Baltimore -INACTIVE

Facility found in compliance AT THE TIME OF SURVEY regarding the specific allegations made in the complaint.

The MD Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene closes all four Associates in Ob/Gyn abortion facilities, after finding that clinic employees, as standard protocol, administered Misopristol to all patients past 11 wks without a physician present.

The deficiency report shows several violations of public health code at the Baltimore clinic, including: 1) emergency equipment was not in working order, 2) staff were not trained in basic life support, 3) clinic medications were expired, 4) surgical instruments were not sterilized.

Maryland issues the emergency suspension of the clinic's license after receiving an anonymous tip from a patient about severe legal violations at the Associates in Ob/Gyn office in Baltimore. Staff not licensed or trained in any medical care did an ultrasound, misdiagnosed pregnancy gestation, administered the medication to begin an abortion. Patient had severe problems after.

After a patient death on March 5, the clinic submitted a plan of correction on March 8, which resulted in a follow-up survey on March 13, and license reinstatement, March 25.

Deficiencies were found, and violations cited at the facility, when a survey of the facility showed that the complaint was substantiated. Deficiencies on the day of the survey included: ----1-- Inadequate post-anesthesia care and observation by staff (patient was not supervised or monitored properly, leading to the need for CPR, calling 911, and hospitalization for severe pulmonary edema, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and hypoxic brain injury) ----2-- Staff not certified in basic life support ----3-- Staff failed to retrieve an automated external defibrilator to diagnose and treat cardiac arrest during a cardiac medical emergency.

Maria Santiago, age 38, goes into cardiac arrest and dies after a 12.5 wk abortion performed by Dr. Iris Dominy at Associates in OB/GYN Care in Baltimore.

Maryland issues the emergency license suspension of the Associates in Ob/Gyn clinic in Baltimore, after finding numerous deficiencies including the a botched abortion on February 13, 2013 that resulted in the patient's death.