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January 17, 2025   
Health Law Weekly

U.S. Court in Kansas Won’t Dismiss EMTALA Action Alleging Hospital Failed to Screen, Stabilize Pregnant Patient

  • January 17, 2025

The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas refused January 13 to dismiss an action alleging a University of Kansas Hospital Authority facility violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) by failing to adequately screen and stabilize a patient who was 17 weeks pregnant and suffering premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).

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