“Furthermore, we believe that all individuals should have access to the best care in their neighborhoods.”—TEDRA WHITE SPOKESPERSON FOR PROMEDICA

Does this list showing years of violations at
​Capital Care Network sound like access to the best care?

Capital Care Network Documented Violations

Ohio Department of Health has documented violations dating back to 2011
See complete records at CheckmyClinic
What is Public Health?  
The Institute of Medicine defines public health as: "A coordinated effort at the local, state, and federal levels whose mission is fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy." - Ohio Department of Health website, 5/24/18

Unqualified Staff

  • The staff was not trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • No TB skin test administered to staff who had direct patient contact. This put all patients and staff at risk and shows a lack of concern for the health and welfare of staff and patients
  • Clinic administrator did not maintain timed work schedules on the staff. When records were reviewed, there were notes in 8 records for staff who was not scheduled to work the day the patients were in office. When the inspector asked to see the payroll records to determine if this RN was scheduled on that day, the administrator could not produce the schedule. Two other staff members stated this RN was not scheduled on that day.

Sanitary Issues

  • Exam table was held together with duct tape
  • Surgical instruments not sterile.
  • No soap or paper towels at the hand washing sink in the operating room

Safety Issues

  • Medical records not stored safely and securely
  • Failed to secure narcotics
  • No RN present in the recovery room when patients were present. This facility is gravely understaffed.
  • The physician who performed the elective surgical abortion noted 'possible perforation of bowel in cavity'  This was found in a post operative ultrasound. Instead of calling an ambulance to transport her, the physician had a staff member drive the patient and her significant other to the hospital. When asked why they didn’t follow the policy for medical emergencies, she stated “I guess the doctor didn’t feel it was that much of an emergency.”
  • There was no report of the complication, no discharge instructions upon transfer and the patient’s medical record was not forwarded with her to ensure continuity of care.
Capital Care Network on Sylvania Ave.

​Does this list describe a place offering access to the "best care" to you?
Help us reach ProMedica and the Health Department with concern for the women having surgery in these conditions.
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​It has long been held the “State has a legitimate interest in seeing to it that abortion, like any other medical procedure, is performed under circumstances that insure maximum safety for the patient."
 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 150, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973).   

Is the State doing their job?
Other Abortion Clinics in Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Ann Arbor had the following violations.  Capital Care Network is by far the worst with violations from all of these others combined.  Women in Toledo deserve better than Capital Care Network!
Ann Arbor, MI:
  • Failure of facility to separate clean from dirty for instrument reprocessing;
  • Failure to provide emergency nurse call system in the recovery room bathroom and patient cubicles;
  • Patients allowed to bring personal items into the procedure room without proper containment.
Dayton:
  • Doctor performed an abortion on a patient who was overdosed on painkillers and heroin. She was not able to advocate for herself to decline treatment if that was her desire. (2015)
  • Facility had no written transfer agreement with a hospital in case of an emergency
  • Physician perforated a uterine artery into a patient’s bladder fold during an abortion requiring an emergency transfer (2011)
  • Patient became unresponsive during an abortion. She was resuscitated and the procedure was completed. No record of the author of notes in the chart. No record of transfer to hospital.
  • License revoked 2016
Columbus:
  • 4 of 4 operating tables were unsafe. If the tables were plugged in, patients would feel electric shock..Tables failed several previous inspections;
  • Failure to monitor and evaluate all aspects of patient care, failure to follow QA protocol;
  • No policies and procedures to receive, investigate, and report findings in regards to complaints;
  • Failure to document discharge status of 5 of 5 patients;
  • Failure to have written transfer agreement with a hospital for continuity of care;
  • Failure to notify patients that Physician A did not carry malpractice insurance;
  • Failure to utilize personnel that had appropriate training and qualifications for the services they provided;
  • Failure to ensure personnel had appropriate training and qualifications for the services they provided;
  • Failure to ensure 8 of 9 staff had documentation of orientation appropriate to tasks they performed;
  • Failure to provide documentation of staff administering intravenous sedation;
  • Failure to ensure attending or discharging physician documented the circumstances of discharge in the patient’s medical records.
Cleveland : 
  • Inspection found that a patient had an abortion at 18 weeks, complication of cervical laceration and hemorrhaged, was transferred to the ER but her medical record had no documentation of the transfer. Her follow up reference the ER visit APRIL 2014: Another perforated uterus, patient sent to ER.
  • Inspections of Preterm Abortion Clinic have documented a failure to ensure medical records were complete and a failure to ensure training documentation for staff performing ultrasounds.
  • The clinic also has a documented history of botched abortions, including an abortion on March 29, 2014 that resulted in the death of Lakisha Wilson.
  • Failed medication abortions resulted a surgical procedure for patients ( see log below)
  • Ultrasounds being performed by unlicensed and unqualified staff member.
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