Via #OregonLive @ 7am EST on Jan 23, 2026

#ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child @ #Portland hospital

Fed #immigration agnts arrested & detained a #Gresham family, including a 7yr-old child, outside Portland hospital last wk as girl’s parents sought emergency medical care 4 her

Arrest @ #AdventistHealth hospital Jan.16 took place less than 1,000 ft from medical offce parking lot where #BorderPatrol agnt shot & wounded couple frm #Venezuela two weeks ago

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/01/ice-detains-family-seeking-emergency-care-for-child-at-portland-hospital.html

Absolutely horrific.
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Doctors at Adventist Health White Memorial hospital in Boyle Heights told LAist that hospital administrators are allowing federal immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and block doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care.

Administrators at White Memorial have told doctors not to call a detained patient’s family members, even to find out what type of medication they’re on or what conditions they have, doctors told LAist. Hospital leaders also have told doctors to allow immigration agents to remain by a detained patient’s side, even during consultations, inhibiting frank discussions between doctors and their patients and potentially violating patient privacy laws. Doctors say this is not typical protocol for any patients, including those brought in by local police or sheriff’s deputies.

https://laist.com/news/politics/boyle-heights-hospital-ice-agents-patient-care-privacy-rights

#ICE #LosAngeles #BoyleHeights #AdventistHealth #WhiteMemorialHospital #Medicine

Again.

If you are a doctor, I BEG you to hire/find/whatever someone to "secret shop" your front office staff.

You need to know what is going on out there. You think you do. You don't. Don't rely on surveys. They are painfully inaccurate.

The incompetence is shocking and you will be amazed at how much money you lose because of terrible employees.

Yes, I know insurers are horrible to deal with. But, generally, your staff is worse.

#adventisthealth #doctors