If this really happened, there is video proof of them committing patient abandonment. They should be put on suspension pending a swift investigation and then lose their license to practice medicine. Every patient they abandoned have legal grounds to sue them and the health care facility they represent.
From the Florida Medical Board webpage:
The Florida Medical Association (FMA) recommends to a practitioner who wishes to terminate a relationship that the practitioner should give the patient adequate notice in writing, and the practitioner should remain available to the patient for at least 30 days in order to allow time for the patient to find a new practitioner. The FMA also recommends that the practitioner terminating the relationship should provide assistance in locating another practitioner for the patient.
Florida has a codified "Patient Bill of Rights", these :Doctors'" comduct violate several of those rights.
A patient has the right to impartial access to medical treatment or accommodations, regardless of race, national origin, religion, handicap, or source of payment.
A patient has the right to treatment for any emergency medical condition that will deteriorate from failure to provide treatment.
A patient has the right to know if medical treatment is for purposes of experimental research and to give his or her consent or refusal to participate in such experimental research.
If this really happened, there is video proof of them committing patient abandonment. They should be put on suspension pending a swift investigation and then lose their license to practice medicine. Every patient they abandoned have legal grounds to sue them and the health care facility they represent.
From the Florida Medical Board webpage:
The Florida Medical Association (FMA) recommends to a practitioner who wishes to terminate a relationship that the practitioner should give the patient adequate notice in writing, and the practitioner should remain available to the patient for at least 30 days in order to allow time for the patient to find a new practitioner. The FMA also recommends that the practitioner terminating the relationship should provide assistance in locating another practitioner for the patient.
If this really happened, there is video proof of them committing patient abandonment. They should be put on suspension pending a swift investigation and then lose their license to practice medicine. Every patient they abandoned have legal grounds to sue them and the health care facility they represent.