A pro-life advocate reported that six paramedics had to be dispatched on June 2, 2023, after a woman was seemingly seriously injured after undergoing an abortion at Preterm abortion facility in Cleveland, Ohio.
Operation Rescue reported that Fred Sokol was on the scene when Cleveland EMS and Cleveland Fire Department arrived at Preterm. The computer-aided dispatch report contained a lot of disturbing information, which included a special directive to “send a supervisor to all calls for service at this location.”
Additionally, the CAD report stated that the patient, a 32-year-old woman, was suffering from a possibly dangerous hemorrhage and lacerations. Yet in the 911 call, the staffer seemed to downplay the situation, blithely saying, “She’s just having some bleeding that we are not able to get completely controlled after a procedure.”
The staffer further added that the patient was no longer pregnant, as the “procedure” was “done.”
At least two women have died at Preterm — Lakisha Wilson and Tia Parks — while numerous other women have been injured. In one emergency, the staffer did not inform emergency personnel that their elevator was broken, and numerous ambulances had to be dispatched because Preterm had a large concrete pillar protruding into their driveway. Paramedics had to carry a wheelchair up three flights of stairs, and then carry the patient back down the three flights of stairs.
It’s not clear if the elevator has been fixed since this emergency, which took place in 2021. However, the defective elevator is known to have played a part in Wilson’s death.
In her case, no one bothered to call 911 until almost 30 minutes after the emergency. Then, emergency responders could not save her because the elevator was broken and slowed them down. When they finally did reach her, she was still on the exam table, legs in the stirrups and her pupils fixed and dilated. EMTs could not intubate her, because the gurney didn’t fit into the elevator; meanwhile, Preterm staffers had taken out her IV and failed to give her adequate oxygen.
In another emergency, a woman was hemorrhaging post-abortion, but Preterm staffers kicked her out and left her bleeding on the street, where she had to call 911 for herself.
Operation Rescue noted there have been 23 known emergencies at Preterm, and that the facility has failed health inspections in the past for failing to verify staff medical credentials, using untrained personnel, a lack of physician oversight, failing to follow their own procedures during hospital transfers, and faulty record keeping.
