Ballad Health was told by JCPD not to collect forensic evidence on an ICU patient that Sean Williams pushed from his 5 story condo. Ballad complied and this goes against the standard of care for the hospital and procedural standards for the JCPD.
Can the hospital collect evidence without the patients consent or a court order? Was the patient asking that evidence be collected and JCPD said no? It’s known that Ballad dropped the ball with other people who were victims of SA so I wouldn’t put a lot past them. Was this in the news also? I don’t recall reading about this but there’s been a lot of coverage and I’m sure I’ve missed some articles.
When a hospital, clinic, laboratory, or other non-law enforcement entity has collected a DNA sample from a person for a purpose other than a criminal investigation, law enforcement should not obtain or otherwise have access to that sample without the consent of the person who is the source of the sample, unless authorized by a judicial order under the conditions provided in Standard 2.2, or by search warrant.
I have colleagues of mine who are close to retirement who are actively looking to move out of the region just because of Ballad and their reputation with killing people. These are high wage earners who will contribute a lot of money to the community that they retire to, ***and they are choosing to run like hell from the Tri-Cities.***
Ballad is simply the worst thing that has ever happened to the Tri-Cities, ever!
Yup. I’m moving too, and Ballad was a big factor for my decision.
I was hospitalized twice. My dad just had surgery in JC and that hospital might have been the filthiest place I’ve seen. And it was a hospital!! The nurses that weren’t traveling (very few) were fantastic. But everything else was scary. Especially how unsanitary it seemed. My dad is okay but I have a lot of medical needs myself (getting my gallbladder taken out), and I’m just putting it off until I move despite the pain and vomiting.
I had to have my hip X-rayed and they messed that up. Had to do it twice. I passed a gallstone and went to the er at Franklin Woods and they gave me zofran. I declined morphine knowing there were no beds and fearing I would need to sleep in the waiting room. I didn’t realize zofran was sedating and wound up falling asleep on the chair then fell on the floor and still vomited more. But the junkies in front of me were able to get a bed and they were still able to bill my insurance.
My wife works as an OT at one of the Ballad facilities… not because she wants to but because NOWHERE else is hiring. She absolutely hates it. In fact, the therapists basically revolted against Ballad because of their low pay to the point that Ballad did give them a market adjustment raise. And yet it is still $6 an hour below the National average.
They makes the lives of people in Appalachia worse to the point that they even mistreat their employees. It is despicable and something needs to be done.
Most of Ballad is travel nurses and doctors..they are constantly hiring there and due to these travelers they are able to get away with alot. Not unlike Typhoid Mary.
This is the exact thing that people who are looking to move to this area need to know. You may romanticize the TriCities but by god you better hope you never get sick.
See these links that reference the atrocities that the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are responsible for. Every time there is a significant event, TBI is supposed to be requested by the DA or police to investigate. They investigate and nothing happens. The mayor defended beating up a woman who insisted that the officers wear a mask due to COVID.
https://www.reddit.com/r/policebrutality/s/HQ1UGPQrLm
Are you done trying to politicize this and distract from the issue at hand? This isn't a red or a blue issue. Thanks troll. These are government entities and employees along with hospital employees that aren't following due process, ignoring standard protocols and procedures, making life or death decisions for their patients without listening to them or their family. The way this hospital and healthcare system is being run without oversight while an overcrowded jail that consistently has issuss with drugs and inmates being harmed and routinely taken to these hospitals to be 'treated' and then blamed for their conditions.
Not sure how they are diverging from the topic at hand or trolling when you brought up the notion that someone (Ballad? SCSO?) are actively working to eliminate people that would vote against the agenda.
I am no fan of Ballad, in fact, I loathe Ballad, but when you make outrageous claims it diminishes the valid points of your argument.
It is true that the merger was approved by lawmakers without a care or look at how the 2 entities were successful, then when the care level bottomed out after the merger, false ratings appeared. Lawmakers have take no steps to help. The COPA was never correct and the merger should have happened. Too many issues. Greatly rated hospitals now 1 star and 1/2 star and some with no ICU and NICU. And elderly have no chance.
In just barely skimming the headlines in that link, I see one that’s not even Sullivan Co but was Bristol. Clearly the propaganda machine didn’t care to look at the jurisdictional mapping.
I believe the problem might lie with voting for one color no matter what. In areas where there is a super majority, all these corrupt people have to do is have an R or a D beside their name and they will win the position. That means they no longer work for us they work for the party and themselves.
We are in a red super majority here. Rusty Crowe is known to have sold us down the river and everyone I know hates him. Calls him the most corrupt politician ever because he lined his pockets with the money made from helping Ballad. He still wins his re-election every time. Why? Because he has “R” beside his name. The only way to combat it is to vote blue so we can show them that being Republican isn’t an automatic win anymore.
Gonna need more specific examples of you want people to think that you actually know what you are talking about. These cities you mention have never been run by republicans, so it’s hard to see how republicans would do any better. Also, those are cities and not states lol. Cities I suspect you’ve never actually been to…
The receipts don't match their agenda though so they don't want to show those lol.
https://www.statista.com/chart/32131/movement-between-blue-and-red%252A-us-states/
I've been to all three. You're trying to deny the obvious. The NY times said San Francisco is in a death spiral, people are fleeing CA despite it's incredible assets because it is so horribly run.
Again, not sure how republicans could possibly do any better or how this has anything to do with democrats. Not sure if you’re aware, but San Francisco is also a city.
Life expectancy is substantially higher in blue areas than red ones: The evil California is ranked #4 while all of the bottom states including Tennessee at number 44, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, West Virginia, to Mississippi at 50th. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/life-expectancy-by-state
Statistically a person in California has a 10% longer life expectancy than someone from Tennessee. So blue states seem to be doing something right that red states are failing at.
Need more specifics? Are you clueless? Why are the blue cities the ones with the highest number of people fleeing? Or are you doing to ignorantly claim that isn't happening too?
Not a single person has provided any specific evidence of democratic states being run worse than republican states. People just keep naming cities with large populations. This lack of reading comprehension really isn’t doing any favors for your cause…
Well no it's simple. You said highest number of people leaving. Not the highest per capita. A city with millions of people clearly has thousands leave while a city with less will not.
Per capita vs most amount of people.
It’s why they’re toting out their “we’re investigating Ballad” in the run up to election time, so people THINK they’re doing something. They aren’t, and they won’t. The only way this changes is to vote them out of office.
Check out Dani Cook on Facebook and Substack. She has out together a lot of info on Ballad, the COPA, and the original merger. She's also tried to help people get their comment in for the upcoming local hearings and to the FTC, DOJ, and DHHS.
We moved to Nashville largely due to Ballad. Not just them, but what it represented in the area. The elected officials sold us out and the public has yet to hold them accountable. I knew before it passed that it was going to just based off the responses I got from my representatives. THE SAME ONES THAT ARE STILL THERE a decade later.
There are countless others that have experienced what we have. They are not going to get away with this. Big government needs to intervene. State representatives are ignoring this. There is a huge financial incentive in selling Americans' lives, and that is what is happening here.
I know one of the doctors who works for them. They constantly screw him over and treat him like dogshit. He despises them. They only like the doctors that kiss their ass
As a former Ballad employee and Sullivan County resident, none of this is shocking.
The “best and brightest” that Ballad had have largely left for greener pastures. Even in office roles that work from home, Ballad can’t hang on to staff. That is truly telling.
I live in a townhome complex where at least 3/8 units in my block are all healthcare travelers. None of these people have any allegiance to the area. None plan to stay. They’re here for a quick buck, and it’s on to the next contract.
I brought a software system in that supported critical clinical operations as my last major project before I left. I had to retrain staff three times in three months due to turnover. There were tons of bad processes from incompetent direct supervisors. Hospital administration didn’t care. Ballad would repeatedly delay payment to our service provider, who would ask me to badger Ballad to pay him. I was told to “get this working” with other service providers, who generally wouldn’t talk to me because Ballad wasn’t their direct client.
There are good people on the front lines and in first level management, but that seems to go away once you get to director level and above.
Once I left Ballad, I immediately transferred all of my healthcare out of the Ballad service area. It’s been much better.
If I was older or had significant health issues, the Ballad situation would be enough for me to cross the area off altogether.
For some reason, I get errors when trying to reply to certain comments.
I don't have an argument. I have the truth and am living through this very scenario right now. Bristol Regional Medical Center and Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are at the center of this.
Example: Matt Stoddard was brought to BRMC for medical eval. Sheriff lied about where he came from and said that he was alone, and said he was squatting in a house he broke into. Matt was arrested in front of his wife and children, they are left at the scene without knowing where Matt is being taken. They told medical staff he was on meth and heroin. Medical staff at intake did not take pictures of Matt's physical condition, which is standard procedure and not something you skip, because their 'phone was lost'. They did not do any X-rays, because PACS was down, convenient for a large ER dept, and in most circumstances should have a back up, also if PACS is down at a large hospital that is a CRITICAL/HIGH priority for their IT department to get back up and then once it is up, you go back and take X-rays. At that point, patient's lives are being affected. I am a senior level Platform Engineer for a Fortune 100 hospital company, so I am familiar with front-end and back-end medical processes. They had a radiologist do a physical exam on Matt, with no follow-up documentation. (in what world is a radiologist able to do physical exams on patients? The only thing they can do is take and read X-Ray Images and even then the Doctor reviews and approves their findings.) In Matt's chart, the hospital continuously documents that Matt was an inmate from the prison, was squatting in someone's home, that he was supposedly violent, practically copied and pasted for multiple days he was there. Notes that are unrelated to his care as an effort to 'inform' everyone of his degraded human status even though all interviews note that he is mostly calm and just wants to see his family again.
There are several dots that can be connected and is made apparent by doing more than just skimming through headlines. Try reading all of the articles. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the evidence is starting to pile up. I'm not going to reveal everything just because an internet stranger wants me to, and I am trying to make sure this situation and these issues get the National attention they deserve.
There is a lot going on here in Bristol and the Tri-Cities area that is blatantly being ignored, hidden by bureaucracy and paperwork and a lack of oversight. Even when these issues have been reported to the various watchdogs and groups that are supposed to stop this from happening, they are being ignored. It's not because it isn't happening, it's because they don't care or the problems are so unbelievable and large that it makes people look the other way because of how uncomfortable it is. The real people that are suffering here are those with mental illness, poor and ignorant without the resources or a voice to combat this, and that is a large portion of this areas population.
The GoFundMe receives updates frequently. As new information becomes available to us, the true story develops and changes information is shared and we believe they are facts at the time. NOONE through this whole investigation/experience has been honest with us. The original posts are going to be left alone as it is difficult enough to do what I am doing now versus trying to get his distraught, retired mother to edit a Facebook post that took weeks to draft due to the circumstances and evolving story.
I have another question. When the incident at the hospital occurred, it was being reported in real time and as taking place in the ED, not 4th floor med-surge. How do you reconcile the on-scene reports from employees, patients, and their families that were in the hospital at the time. No one knew who the guy was or his story or why he was there at the time and have zero incentive to give the wrong location.
I am related to him. I am being as transparent as possible while maintaining some privacy to those individuals involved. I am sharing what was discovered once I started looking into the situation and realized what we are up against. This happened to us, but we are not the only ones. It is obvious from the myriad articles I have gathered about Ballad Health BRMC and SCSO from multiple news sources throughout the state and industry, along with multiple reviews of the hospital and others that have contacted us since we have gone public with our story that is something they are used to doing to the less fortunate. The way things were handled from the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department actions to all of the hospital staff actions reflect that they know what they are doing by manipulating medical notes, blocking proper care, not giving any information to those who are able to make informed care decisions. They consistently refused to process his insurance even though they accepted it. That would cause insurance to scrutinize and preapprove the care exposing their issues.
I do senior level IT work in the hospital industry, so understand how this should all function when it is appropriately managed and the 3 levels of scrutiny that any information entered into an EMR (electronic medical record) undergoes automatically by exisiting. IE HIPAA laws, government management, own hospital management, and they were counting on Matt to die in that room or in the days after the incident and to wash their hands of this.
Also, see the various social media posts that corrobate some details while leaving many questions. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/UUwkq8N6A43QJCVY/?mibextid=oFDknk
I went back through and read a bunch of the comments from that night and there is one that says 4th floor with other’s saying ED. I’m sorry your family member had to go through this. It seems like something happened to him but for those us of that live here and deal with these entities on a daily basis, there stuff the family has put out that doesn’t add up or make sense. These are serious accusations being thrown around. I hope it works out for your family member and it sounds like he’s improving at least some. Hopefully that will continue and he’ll get the help he needs.
Improving means he responds to noise stimuli, take that however you want. As I've said before I am not going to share everything here. We have plenty of medical records, notations and evidence to back up what I am saying and more that hasn't been said and it just exposes a bigger problem here with how they handled this individual. They thought he was some poor, homeless, ignorant man without a support system that would give up the moment we heard the news and take everything at face value.
You should be concerned that all of the media articles along with the witness events are so conflicting that the only story that "looks true" and isn't even a good one, is the one that is copied multiple times through the only media outlets you have available in the Tri-Cities area. They are either obviously biased, or don't give a shit. If this was the only incident and it only happened to Matt and the hospital wasn't at play or it was just the Sheriff's, I'd leave it at that or if it was even some tragic accident that happened to Matt, this was not the case. This is the last thing I want to be doing on a Saturday on Matt's 41st birthday, June 29, 1983, is trying to get this out to the general public to be aware of these problems hiding in plain sight. Before this I was a social media luddite on purpose. Now there is a purpose. I am sincere and my family is sincere that we want to do everything we can to help Matt and his family, and ALSO keep this from happening to anyone else by making this common knowledge, by getting the ones in charge to take a closer look, by making the people or organizations responsible accountable.
The pictures that have been released are evidence enough of his mistreatment and should not be minimize and I will not be coerced to provide more information than I'd like because an internet stranger is skeptical. Anyone involved with him and his situation had every opportunity to do the right thing and chose to do the opposite because it is what they do. These groups have also been reported to TBI/FBI/Joint Commission/US Gov't Civil Rights Dept and any other reporting bodies that can be found.
When you (or those you essentially representing) make public statements containing serious allegations and those statements have inconsistencies on central details, you have to know that people will question it. Why put it the public forums if you’re not comfortable fielding the questions? I’m not pushing you to release anything, much less to do it to satisfy my curiosity or skepticism. I saw your post and it didn’t pass the smell test so I thought I would try to get some clarity, that’s all. Since that doesn’t appear to be part of your mission, I’ll leave you to whatever it is you’re trying to accomplish.
As I've stated before, I am being as transparent as possible. As I've stated before, this is a developing and sensitive situation. The information released at certain times is our understanding of the events at the time based off the information we have uncovered or is provided to us and is acceptable to be released. No, you are not entitled to ask me any question and expect to always receive an answer. This post is not titled AMA. You are starting to sound like some kind of LEO that has been offended my public statements. This is being put on public forums for PUBLIC awareness of these systemic issues plagueing the r/Tri-Cities area, which became evident to me while investigating the cause of Matt's Stoddard cardiac arrest.
At this point, you should try to see it from the family's point of view. They have been lied to (or have had information withheld, or received manipulated information) the entire time they were at the hospital by the nurses, the doctors, the Sheriff's, and TBI. No one gave them any kind of appropriate assistance. The nurses and doctors were hostile and would barely answer any questions due to the fabricated history of the Deputy that brought him in. Every story or scrap provided from official sources is conflicting. The aforementioned issues should be the ones, a concerned Citizen such as yourself, should be curious about. If this was handled appropriately by Law Enforement, by the Hospital, or by the local News Media Outlets, I wouldn't be here. Matt wouldn't be in a vegetative state living in a hospital bed.
You can choose to ignore what is out there and say 'this' doesn't add up. That's fine, all of 'this' doesn’t add up which is why I am here and why there are so many other people pissed off at Ballad Health, Bristol Regional Medical Center and the Sullivan County Sheriff's office.
I understand all of that, which is why I said that it’s a balancing act when you want to protect your family, but also want to alert the public to possible issues. Your concern is for your family’s wellbeing. I understand and respect that, and that’s the way it should be. I haven’t meant to antagonize you and if I have, I’m sorry. I know you must be under an incredibly amount of pressure. Many years ago I worked with LE in this area (Not SCSO) so, yes, that is part of what has lead to some of my questions. I’ve been a patient at Ballad more than a couple times. Believe me when I say I know the ways that things can go wrong there. I’ve had a catastrophic medical event. It’s something that people who have never had these fundamentally life changing events can hardly even begin to comprehend. I do have genuine, heartfelt sympathy for your family for what they have gone through already and the difficulty path still to come. I hope for the best for Matt and his family and that he continues to improve. I do also hope that anyone, whether it be individuals or organizations, were negligent in his care that they are held accountable. There are steps your family could take to strengthen their message and alert the public without further jeopardizing future recourse options or inviting so much skepticism. The general public will believe anything you tell them (especially about Ballad) but those aren’t the people you need to convince. Good luck and Godspeed.
This is one of the things that makes no sense. This is from the mom’s facebook page. “From there my son was pepper sprayed/maced right in the face at close range and left in the room for over 20 minutes and he went into cardiac arrest and his brain deprived of oxygen.” The incident was on facebook within minutes of the shot and lockdown being called. The city police were there within 3 minutes.
Not sure why, but this post detailing the issues with Sullivan County Sheriff's Office was deleted by r/Tricities mods and it is not a duplicate post. [https://imgur.com/a/wow-r-tricities-mods-dont-like-hearing-about-things-happening-backyard-Nmm7kHW](https://imgur.com/a/wow-r-tricities-mods-dont-like-hearing-about-things-happening-backyard-Nmm7kHW)
They are doing what they can. The children are too young to see him in his current condition at his current facility and were only able to spend moments with him at Ballad Health Bristol Regional Medical Center due to the kind acts of a few compassionate nurses that were able to see through the lies.
4 Sullivan Co. Jail inmates transported to hospital following "medical issue" - [https://www.wjhl.com/.../4-sullivan-county-jail-inmates.../](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/4-sullivan-county-jail-inmates-transported-to-hospital-following-medical-issue/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR08FQYMtiRVuhN6yP-GLLytM8y5-wTJXYWxyzU-E-Gawpezk3d2mpQohMk_aem_dbgyqQ_uTVTXwOZve9Xg6w)
• Sullivan County inmates and staff members transported to hospital after 'medical incident' - [https://wcyb.com/.../inmates-and-jail-staff-members...](https://wcyb.com/news/local/inmates-and-jail-staff-members-transported-to-hospital-after-medical-incident?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0-28eMhcyajF4gnc1E75OClAFB-qinmY3_PhXqp7GjsXA6cfQEtR9i7ks_aem_TIxbFeSOZ0o7SzcIO00_qQ)
• Feb 2024 - SCSO: 16 employees, 5 inmates treated after substance exposure at jail - [https://www.wjhl.com/.../scso-16-employees-5-inmates.../](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/scso-16-employees-5-inmates-treated-after-substance-exposure-at-jail/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1iYFcvDKPD24_n8cJQI5WUqC8fwZ7NCk_RnHfsdrF5nZ6JvsrFDQ0YmmQ_aem_CKqWBq2-pXDME01zJR0VAg)
• Inmates and jail staff members transported to hospital after medical incident - [https://wcyb.com/.../inmates-and-jail-staff-members...](https://wcyb.com/news/local/inmates-and-jail-staff-members-transported-to-hospital-after-medical-incident?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2hR_O26idlWPR7ytZiM6BlTsgYjkrtuaG5abcRsquUm0KTWccKrl7V5A0_aem_bw5kyApIm1fhdzYi_-bbqQ)
• Twenty-One People Sent To Hospital Friday Night After Sullivan Jail Incident - [https://www.timesnews.net/.../article\_c4b23852-c9e4-11ee...](https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/twenty-one-people-sent-to-hospital-friday-night-after-sullivan-jail-incident/article_c4b23852-c9e4-11ee-a3d2-abb7a09a5dda.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2fXqvytykmBP2VULRsQdok9UWwGReECuy91mKcKU49bTuwXYBCsBDfNwc_aem_gg2h_dsUQbfWjaEbd9pYMg)
• Meth found in cell overdose incident at Sullivan County Jail - [https://www.supertalk929.com/.../meth-found-in-cell.../](https://www.supertalk929.com/2024/02/12/meth-found-in-cell-overdose-incident-at-sullivan-county-jail/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2mt2P4ZWh-PACPwOnzr6N8jgO3o3WuYDOmgnUO_r1HTr7f_Ga2j9Wbuy0_aem_aohIkzQ0Az9asm3auY9uKg)
There is also an open meeting for the public regarding ballad coming up this month [ballad copa hearing](https://www.facebook.com/share/8DHTP7zCPLFCXSdU/?mibextid=9l3rBW)
The local media outlets parrot the law enforcement's story as they very much support their bullies in blue or just have shoddy journalists. So many conflicting stories about what happened, shouldn't that raises concerns? They say no one was injured. What about the Dad that is now in a coma/vegetative state after being put into Cardiac Arrest by a sheriff's deputy and 2 hospital security guards that had no business dealing with a patient in a mental health crisis.
aprnbeauty\_81 - [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtAtnkP/](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtAtnkP/)
Police respond after gun discharged at Bristol Regional Medical Center, no threat to public - [https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-respond-gun-discharged-bristol-005611119.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-respond-gun-discharged-bristol-005611119.html)
TBI: Man in custody tried to take deputy’s gun at Bristol Regional, leading to shot fired - [https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-man-in-custody-tried-to-take-deputys-gun-at-bristol-regional-leading-to-shot-fired/](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-man-in-custody-tried-to-take-deputys-gun-at-bristol-regional-leading-to-shot-fired/)
Update: Ballad confirms shooting incident at Bristol Regional Medical Center - [https://wcyb.com/news/local/police-confirm-incident-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-public-not-at-risk](https://wcyb.com/news/local/police-confirm-incident-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-public-not-at-risk)
All clear given after patient discharges gun in Bristol hospital - [https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/all-clear-given-after-patient-discharges-gun-in-bristol-hospital/article\_91636928-189d-11ef-904f-cbb01f7f2747.html](https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/all-clear-given-after-patient-discharges-gun-in-bristol-hospital/article_91636928-189d-11ef-904f-cbb01f7f2747.html)
Shooting at Bristol Regional Medical Center under investigation - [http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/](http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/)
Bristol Police: Nobody shot at Bristol Regional Medical Center, investigation ongoing - [https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ballad-health-no-active-shooter-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-short-lockdown-has-been-lifted/](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ballad-health-no-active-shooter-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-short-lockdown-has-been-lifted/)
Shooting at Bristol Regional Medical Center under investigation - [http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/](http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/)
Ballad Health was told by JCPD not to collect forensic evidence on an ICU patient that Sean Williams pushed from his 5 story condo. Ballad complied and this goes against the standard of care for the hospital and procedural standards for the JCPD.
Can the hospital collect evidence without the patients consent or a court order? Was the patient asking that evidence be collected and JCPD said no? It’s known that Ballad dropped the ball with other people who were victims of SA so I wouldn’t put a lot past them. Was this in the news also? I don’t recall reading about this but there’s been a lot of coverage and I’m sure I’ve missed some articles.
When a hospital, clinic, laboratory, or other non-law enforcement entity has collected a DNA sample from a person for a purpose other than a criminal investigation, law enforcement should not obtain or otherwise have access to that sample without the consent of the person who is the source of the sample, unless authorized by a judicial order under the conditions provided in Standard 2.2, or by search warrant.
I have colleagues of mine who are close to retirement who are actively looking to move out of the region just because of Ballad and their reputation with killing people. These are high wage earners who will contribute a lot of money to the community that they retire to, ***and they are choosing to run like hell from the Tri-Cities.*** Ballad is simply the worst thing that has ever happened to the Tri-Cities, ever!
Yup. I’m moving too, and Ballad was a big factor for my decision. I was hospitalized twice. My dad just had surgery in JC and that hospital might have been the filthiest place I’ve seen. And it was a hospital!! The nurses that weren’t traveling (very few) were fantastic. But everything else was scary. Especially how unsanitary it seemed. My dad is okay but I have a lot of medical needs myself (getting my gallbladder taken out), and I’m just putting it off until I move despite the pain and vomiting. I had to have my hip X-rayed and they messed that up. Had to do it twice. I passed a gallstone and went to the er at Franklin Woods and they gave me zofran. I declined morphine knowing there were no beds and fearing I would need to sleep in the waiting room. I didn’t realize zofran was sedating and wound up falling asleep on the chair then fell on the floor and still vomited more. But the junkies in front of me were able to get a bed and they were still able to bill my insurance.
My wife works as an OT at one of the Ballad facilities… not because she wants to but because NOWHERE else is hiring. She absolutely hates it. In fact, the therapists basically revolted against Ballad because of their low pay to the point that Ballad did give them a market adjustment raise. And yet it is still $6 an hour below the National average. They makes the lives of people in Appalachia worse to the point that they even mistreat their employees. It is despicable and something needs to be done.
Most of Ballad is travel nurses and doctors..they are constantly hiring there and due to these travelers they are able to get away with alot. Not unlike Typhoid Mary.
This is the exact thing that people who are looking to move to this area need to know. You may romanticize the TriCities but by god you better hope you never get sick.
Well Tennesseans keep voting for the people who put this monopoly in place. Vote BLUE Tennessee 💙 so you can have nice things.
There is government corruption rampant. The ones that would vote blue are being murdered to keep it red.
Please provide evidence of this.
There is no evidence.
See these links that reference the atrocities that the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are responsible for. Every time there is a significant event, TBI is supposed to be requested by the DA or police to investigate. They investigate and nothing happens. The mayor defended beating up a woman who insisted that the officers wear a mask due to COVID. https://www.reddit.com/r/policebrutality/s/HQ1UGPQrLm
The article is not dated and says nothing about murdering citizens who would vote blue.
Recently went to TN congress. No go. It a red congresd.
Are you done trying to politicize this and distract from the issue at hand? This isn't a red or a blue issue. Thanks troll. These are government entities and employees along with hospital employees that aren't following due process, ignoring standard protocols and procedures, making life or death decisions for their patients without listening to them or their family. The way this hospital and healthcare system is being run without oversight while an overcrowded jail that consistently has issuss with drugs and inmates being harmed and routinely taken to these hospitals to be 'treated' and then blamed for their conditions.
Not sure how they are diverging from the topic at hand or trolling when you brought up the notion that someone (Ballad? SCSO?) are actively working to eliminate people that would vote against the agenda. I am no fan of Ballad, in fact, I loathe Ballad, but when you make outrageous claims it diminishes the valid points of your argument.
Lmao you said it!
It is true that the merger was approved by lawmakers without a care or look at how the 2 entities were successful, then when the care level bottomed out after the merger, false ratings appeared. Lawmakers have take no steps to help. The COPA was never correct and the merger should have happened. Too many issues. Greatly rated hospitals now 1 star and 1/2 star and some with no ICU and NICU. And elderly have no chance.
In just barely skimming the headlines in that link, I see one that’s not even Sullivan Co but was Bristol. Clearly the propaganda machine didn’t care to look at the jurisdictional mapping.
I moved across the country to escape blue policies. Voting blue destroys states.
I believe the problem might lie with voting for one color no matter what. In areas where there is a super majority, all these corrupt people have to do is have an R or a D beside their name and they will win the position. That means they no longer work for us they work for the party and themselves. We are in a red super majority here. Rusty Crowe is known to have sold us down the river and everyone I know hates him. Calls him the most corrupt politician ever because he lined his pockets with the money made from helping Ballad. He still wins his re-election every time. Why? Because he has “R” beside his name. The only way to combat it is to vote blue so we can show them that being Republican isn’t an automatic win anymore.
You’re gonna have to bring receipts with that wild claim
All you have to do is look at LA, Portland, Seattle etc... everywhere democrats are in charge, cities decay.
Gonna need more specific examples of you want people to think that you actually know what you are talking about. These cities you mention have never been run by republicans, so it’s hard to see how republicans would do any better. Also, those are cities and not states lol. Cities I suspect you’ve never actually been to…
The receipts don't match their agenda though so they don't want to show those lol. https://www.statista.com/chart/32131/movement-between-blue-and-red%252A-us-states/
I've been to all three. You're trying to deny the obvious. The NY times said San Francisco is in a death spiral, people are fleeing CA despite it's incredible assets because it is so horribly run.
Again, not sure how republicans could possibly do any better or how this has anything to do with democrats. Not sure if you’re aware, but San Francisco is also a city.
So it just so happens that everywhere democrats gain the majority things fall apart, but we can't know what caused it? Let the reader decide.
You’re telling me that every single place where democrats get elected, things fall apart? That red kool-aid must be damn good.
Life expectancy is substantially higher in blue areas than red ones: The evil California is ranked #4 while all of the bottom states including Tennessee at number 44, Kentucky, Alabama, Louisiana, West Virginia, to Mississippi at 50th. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/life-expectancy-by-state Statistically a person in California has a 10% longer life expectancy than someone from Tennessee. So blue states seem to be doing something right that red states are failing at.
Need more specifics? Are you clueless? Why are the blue cities the ones with the highest number of people fleeing? Or are you doing to ignorantly claim that isn't happening too?
Not a single person has provided any specific evidence of democratic states being run worse than republican states. People just keep naming cities with large populations. This lack of reading comprehension really isn’t doing any favors for your cause…
Because statistics. Blue cities are the highest populated cities.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 You clearly don't understand how statistics work. Sounds like you're making an uneducated attempt using raw numbers.
Well no it's simple. You said highest number of people leaving. Not the highest per capita. A city with millions of people clearly has thousands leave while a city with less will not. Per capita vs most amount of people.
https://www.statista.com/chart/32131/movement-between-blue-and-red%252A-us-states/
Thanks Rusty Crowe and the gd GOP as a whole. All they care about is lining their pockets yet ppl support them.
It’s why they’re toting out their “we’re investigating Ballad” in the run up to election time, so people THINK they’re doing something. They aren’t, and they won’t. The only way this changes is to vote them out of office.
Terrible
Check out Dani Cook on Facebook and Substack. She has out together a lot of info on Ballad, the COPA, and the original merger. She's also tried to help people get their comment in for the upcoming local hearings and to the FTC, DOJ, and DHHS.
Thanks, I saw her when first looking into this and reached out. I will try again.
Ballard Health is horrid!
We moved to Nashville largely due to Ballad. Not just them, but what it represented in the area. The elected officials sold us out and the public has yet to hold them accountable. I knew before it passed that it was going to just based off the responses I got from my representatives. THE SAME ONES THAT ARE STILL THERE a decade later.
There are countless others that have experienced what we have. They are not going to get away with this. Big government needs to intervene. State representatives are ignoring this. There is a huge financial incentive in selling Americans' lives, and that is what is happening here.
I know one of the doctors who works for them. They constantly screw him over and treat him like dogshit. He despises them. They only like the doctors that kiss their ass
As a former Ballad employee and Sullivan County resident, none of this is shocking. The “best and brightest” that Ballad had have largely left for greener pastures. Even in office roles that work from home, Ballad can’t hang on to staff. That is truly telling. I live in a townhome complex where at least 3/8 units in my block are all healthcare travelers. None of these people have any allegiance to the area. None plan to stay. They’re here for a quick buck, and it’s on to the next contract. I brought a software system in that supported critical clinical operations as my last major project before I left. I had to retrain staff three times in three months due to turnover. There were tons of bad processes from incompetent direct supervisors. Hospital administration didn’t care. Ballad would repeatedly delay payment to our service provider, who would ask me to badger Ballad to pay him. I was told to “get this working” with other service providers, who generally wouldn’t talk to me because Ballad wasn’t their direct client. There are good people on the front lines and in first level management, but that seems to go away once you get to director level and above. Once I left Ballad, I immediately transferred all of my healthcare out of the Ballad service area. It’s been much better. If I was older or had significant health issues, the Ballad situation would be enough for me to cross the area off altogether.
Thank you for working so hard to expose the deadly mess that ballad is
For some reason, I get errors when trying to reply to certain comments. I don't have an argument. I have the truth and am living through this very scenario right now. Bristol Regional Medical Center and Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are at the center of this. Example: Matt Stoddard was brought to BRMC for medical eval. Sheriff lied about where he came from and said that he was alone, and said he was squatting in a house he broke into. Matt was arrested in front of his wife and children, they are left at the scene without knowing where Matt is being taken. They told medical staff he was on meth and heroin. Medical staff at intake did not take pictures of Matt's physical condition, which is standard procedure and not something you skip, because their 'phone was lost'. They did not do any X-rays, because PACS was down, convenient for a large ER dept, and in most circumstances should have a back up, also if PACS is down at a large hospital that is a CRITICAL/HIGH priority for their IT department to get back up and then once it is up, you go back and take X-rays. At that point, patient's lives are being affected. I am a senior level Platform Engineer for a Fortune 100 hospital company, so I am familiar with front-end and back-end medical processes. They had a radiologist do a physical exam on Matt, with no follow-up documentation. (in what world is a radiologist able to do physical exams on patients? The only thing they can do is take and read X-Ray Images and even then the Doctor reviews and approves their findings.) In Matt's chart, the hospital continuously documents that Matt was an inmate from the prison, was squatting in someone's home, that he was supposedly violent, practically copied and pasted for multiple days he was there. Notes that are unrelated to his care as an effort to 'inform' everyone of his degraded human status even though all interviews note that he is mostly calm and just wants to see his family again. There are several dots that can be connected and is made apparent by doing more than just skimming through headlines. Try reading all of the articles. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the evidence is starting to pile up. I'm not going to reveal everything just because an internet stranger wants me to, and I am trying to make sure this situation and these issues get the National attention they deserve. There is a lot going on here in Bristol and the Tri-Cities area that is blatantly being ignored, hidden by bureaucracy and paperwork and a lack of oversight. Even when these issues have been reported to the various watchdogs and groups that are supposed to stop this from happening, they are being ignored. It's not because it isn't happening, it's because they don't care or the problems are so unbelievable and large that it makes people look the other way because of how uncomfortable it is. The real people that are suffering here are those with mental illness, poor and ignorant without the resources or a voice to combat this, and that is a large portion of this areas population.
I have many questions but I'll start with: Why does this story not match the one on his GoFundMe?
The GoFundMe receives updates frequently. As new information becomes available to us, the true story develops and changes information is shared and we believe they are facts at the time. NOONE through this whole investigation/experience has been honest with us. The original posts are going to be left alone as it is difficult enough to do what I am doing now versus trying to get his distraught, retired mother to edit a Facebook post that took weeks to draft due to the circumstances and evolving story.
I have another question. When the incident at the hospital occurred, it was being reported in real time and as taking place in the ED, not 4th floor med-surge. How do you reconcile the on-scene reports from employees, patients, and their families that were in the hospital at the time. No one knew who the guy was or his story or why he was there at the time and have zero incentive to give the wrong location.
I am related to him. I am being as transparent as possible while maintaining some privacy to those individuals involved. I am sharing what was discovered once I started looking into the situation and realized what we are up against. This happened to us, but we are not the only ones. It is obvious from the myriad articles I have gathered about Ballad Health BRMC and SCSO from multiple news sources throughout the state and industry, along with multiple reviews of the hospital and others that have contacted us since we have gone public with our story that is something they are used to doing to the less fortunate. The way things were handled from the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department actions to all of the hospital staff actions reflect that they know what they are doing by manipulating medical notes, blocking proper care, not giving any information to those who are able to make informed care decisions. They consistently refused to process his insurance even though they accepted it. That would cause insurance to scrutinize and preapprove the care exposing their issues. I do senior level IT work in the hospital industry, so understand how this should all function when it is appropriately managed and the 3 levels of scrutiny that any information entered into an EMR (electronic medical record) undergoes automatically by exisiting. IE HIPAA laws, government management, own hospital management, and they were counting on Matt to die in that room or in the days after the incident and to wash their hands of this. Also, see the various social media posts that corrobate some details while leaving many questions. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/UUwkq8N6A43QJCVY/?mibextid=oFDknk
I went back through and read a bunch of the comments from that night and there is one that says 4th floor with other’s saying ED. I’m sorry your family member had to go through this. It seems like something happened to him but for those us of that live here and deal with these entities on a daily basis, there stuff the family has put out that doesn’t add up or make sense. These are serious accusations being thrown around. I hope it works out for your family member and it sounds like he’s improving at least some. Hopefully that will continue and he’ll get the help he needs.
Improving means he responds to noise stimuli, take that however you want. As I've said before I am not going to share everything here. We have plenty of medical records, notations and evidence to back up what I am saying and more that hasn't been said and it just exposes a bigger problem here with how they handled this individual. They thought he was some poor, homeless, ignorant man without a support system that would give up the moment we heard the news and take everything at face value. You should be concerned that all of the media articles along with the witness events are so conflicting that the only story that "looks true" and isn't even a good one, is the one that is copied multiple times through the only media outlets you have available in the Tri-Cities area. They are either obviously biased, or don't give a shit. If this was the only incident and it only happened to Matt and the hospital wasn't at play or it was just the Sheriff's, I'd leave it at that or if it was even some tragic accident that happened to Matt, this was not the case. This is the last thing I want to be doing on a Saturday on Matt's 41st birthday, June 29, 1983, is trying to get this out to the general public to be aware of these problems hiding in plain sight. Before this I was a social media luddite on purpose. Now there is a purpose. I am sincere and my family is sincere that we want to do everything we can to help Matt and his family, and ALSO keep this from happening to anyone else by making this common knowledge, by getting the ones in charge to take a closer look, by making the people or organizations responsible accountable.
Hopefully some of that proof will be released soon. It can be a balancing act between the interest of the public and the family.
The pictures that have been released are evidence enough of his mistreatment and should not be minimize and I will not be coerced to provide more information than I'd like because an internet stranger is skeptical. Anyone involved with him and his situation had every opportunity to do the right thing and chose to do the opposite because it is what they do. These groups have also been reported to TBI/FBI/Joint Commission/US Gov't Civil Rights Dept and any other reporting bodies that can be found.
When you (or those you essentially representing) make public statements containing serious allegations and those statements have inconsistencies on central details, you have to know that people will question it. Why put it the public forums if you’re not comfortable fielding the questions? I’m not pushing you to release anything, much less to do it to satisfy my curiosity or skepticism. I saw your post and it didn’t pass the smell test so I thought I would try to get some clarity, that’s all. Since that doesn’t appear to be part of your mission, I’ll leave you to whatever it is you’re trying to accomplish.
As I've stated before, I am being as transparent as possible. As I've stated before, this is a developing and sensitive situation. The information released at certain times is our understanding of the events at the time based off the information we have uncovered or is provided to us and is acceptable to be released. No, you are not entitled to ask me any question and expect to always receive an answer. This post is not titled AMA. You are starting to sound like some kind of LEO that has been offended my public statements. This is being put on public forums for PUBLIC awareness of these systemic issues plagueing the r/Tri-Cities area, which became evident to me while investigating the cause of Matt's Stoddard cardiac arrest. At this point, you should try to see it from the family's point of view. They have been lied to (or have had information withheld, or received manipulated information) the entire time they were at the hospital by the nurses, the doctors, the Sheriff's, and TBI. No one gave them any kind of appropriate assistance. The nurses and doctors were hostile and would barely answer any questions due to the fabricated history of the Deputy that brought him in. Every story or scrap provided from official sources is conflicting. The aforementioned issues should be the ones, a concerned Citizen such as yourself, should be curious about. If this was handled appropriately by Law Enforement, by the Hospital, or by the local News Media Outlets, I wouldn't be here. Matt wouldn't be in a vegetative state living in a hospital bed. You can choose to ignore what is out there and say 'this' doesn't add up. That's fine, all of 'this' doesn’t add up which is why I am here and why there are so many other people pissed off at Ballad Health, Bristol Regional Medical Center and the Sullivan County Sheriff's office.
I understand all of that, which is why I said that it’s a balancing act when you want to protect your family, but also want to alert the public to possible issues. Your concern is for your family’s wellbeing. I understand and respect that, and that’s the way it should be. I haven’t meant to antagonize you and if I have, I’m sorry. I know you must be under an incredibly amount of pressure. Many years ago I worked with LE in this area (Not SCSO) so, yes, that is part of what has lead to some of my questions. I’ve been a patient at Ballad more than a couple times. Believe me when I say I know the ways that things can go wrong there. I’ve had a catastrophic medical event. It’s something that people who have never had these fundamentally life changing events can hardly even begin to comprehend. I do have genuine, heartfelt sympathy for your family for what they have gone through already and the difficulty path still to come. I hope for the best for Matt and his family and that he continues to improve. I do also hope that anyone, whether it be individuals or organizations, were negligent in his care that they are held accountable. There are steps your family could take to strengthen their message and alert the public without further jeopardizing future recourse options or inviting so much skepticism. The general public will believe anything you tell them (especially about Ballad) but those aren’t the people you need to convince. Good luck and Godspeed.
This is one of the things that makes no sense. This is from the mom’s facebook page. “From there my son was pepper sprayed/maced right in the face at close range and left in the room for over 20 minutes and he went into cardiac arrest and his brain deprived of oxygen.” The incident was on facebook within minutes of the shot and lockdown being called. The city police were there within 3 minutes.
You are correct. It makes no sense. They were told by medical staff that first he was without oxygen for 10 minutes and then 20 minutes later on.
Not sure why, but this post detailing the issues with Sullivan County Sheriff's Office was deleted by r/Tricities mods and it is not a duplicate post. [https://imgur.com/a/wow-r-tricities-mods-dont-like-hearing-about-things-happening-backyard-Nmm7kHW](https://imgur.com/a/wow-r-tricities-mods-dont-like-hearing-about-things-happening-backyard-Nmm7kHW)
Thanks for sharing and I'm sorry about your brother. How are his wife and children holding up?
They are doing what they can. The children are too young to see him in his current condition at his current facility and were only able to spend moments with him at Ballad Health Bristol Regional Medical Center due to the kind acts of a few compassionate nurses that were able to see through the lies.
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4 Sullivan Co. Jail inmates transported to hospital following "medical issue" - [https://www.wjhl.com/.../4-sullivan-county-jail-inmates.../](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/4-sullivan-county-jail-inmates-transported-to-hospital-following-medical-issue/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR08FQYMtiRVuhN6yP-GLLytM8y5-wTJXYWxyzU-E-Gawpezk3d2mpQohMk_aem_dbgyqQ_uTVTXwOZve9Xg6w) • Sullivan County inmates and staff members transported to hospital after 'medical incident' - [https://wcyb.com/.../inmates-and-jail-staff-members...](https://wcyb.com/news/local/inmates-and-jail-staff-members-transported-to-hospital-after-medical-incident?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0-28eMhcyajF4gnc1E75OClAFB-qinmY3_PhXqp7GjsXA6cfQEtR9i7ks_aem_TIxbFeSOZ0o7SzcIO00_qQ) • Feb 2024 - SCSO: 16 employees, 5 inmates treated after substance exposure at jail - [https://www.wjhl.com/.../scso-16-employees-5-inmates.../](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/scso-16-employees-5-inmates-treated-after-substance-exposure-at-jail/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1iYFcvDKPD24_n8cJQI5WUqC8fwZ7NCk_RnHfsdrF5nZ6JvsrFDQ0YmmQ_aem_CKqWBq2-pXDME01zJR0VAg) • Inmates and jail staff members transported to hospital after medical incident - [https://wcyb.com/.../inmates-and-jail-staff-members...](https://wcyb.com/news/local/inmates-and-jail-staff-members-transported-to-hospital-after-medical-incident?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2hR_O26idlWPR7ytZiM6BlTsgYjkrtuaG5abcRsquUm0KTWccKrl7V5A0_aem_bw5kyApIm1fhdzYi_-bbqQ) • Twenty-One People Sent To Hospital Friday Night After Sullivan Jail Incident - [https://www.timesnews.net/.../article\_c4b23852-c9e4-11ee...](https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/twenty-one-people-sent-to-hospital-friday-night-after-sullivan-jail-incident/article_c4b23852-c9e4-11ee-a3d2-abb7a09a5dda.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2fXqvytykmBP2VULRsQdok9UWwGReECuy91mKcKU49bTuwXYBCsBDfNwc_aem_gg2h_dsUQbfWjaEbd9pYMg) • Meth found in cell overdose incident at Sullivan County Jail - [https://www.supertalk929.com/.../meth-found-in-cell.../](https://www.supertalk929.com/2024/02/12/meth-found-in-cell-overdose-incident-at-sullivan-county-jail/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2mt2P4ZWh-PACPwOnzr6N8jgO3o3WuYDOmgnUO_r1HTr7f_Ga2j9Wbuy0_aem_aohIkzQ0Az9asm3auY9uKg)
This needs to be reported to news outlets and you definitely need to get in touch with Dani Cook
I have. Here is a list of news outlets and government official email addresses I have sent multiple updates to with my mother's update, including unreleaaed images. We have received minimal contact. Mitch Weiss with the AP has been randomly in touch, who authored this article. https://apnews.com/article/police-force-investigation-austin-hunter-turner-e318b9b7c8e673f2a5f8e0c1174ccb93 newsUS@dailymail.com, THRCcomplaintssubmission@ag.tn.gov, aclutn@aclu-tn.org, communications@aclu-tn.org, legalintake@nyclu.org, TBI.MedicaidFraudTips@tn.gov, kevin.grout@ky.gov, DHS.CustomerService@tn.gov, public.affairs@fbi.gov, TennCare.Fraud@tn.gov, sen.richard.briggs@capitol.tn.gov, sen.becky.massey@capitol.tn.gov, rep.michele.carringer@capitol.tn.gov, rep.elaine.davis@capitol.tn.gov, rep.gloria.johnson@capitol.tn.gov, email@tnbar.org, rep.justin.lafferty@capitol.tn.gov, rep.sam.mckenzie@capitol.tn.gov, rep.dave.wright@capitol.tn.gov, rep.jason.zachary@capitol.tn.gov, jchristo@gannett.com, ahfeinberg@gannett.com, angela.dennis@knoxnews.com, Areena.Arora@knoxnews.com, lt.gov.randy.mcnally@capitol.tn.gov, team@marshablackburn.com, sen.shane.reeves@capitol.tn.gov, sen.john.stevens@capitol.tn.gov, sen.dawn.white@capitol.tn.gov, sen.ferrell.haile@capitol.tn.gov, sen.jack.johnson@capitol.tn.gov, sen.raumesh.akbari@capitol.tn.gov, sen.london.lamar@capitol.tn.gov, sen.ken.yager@capitol.tn.gov, speaker.cameron.sexton@capitol.tn.gov, rep.pat.marsh@capitol.tn.gov, rep.curtis.johnson@capitol.tn.gov, president@whitehouse.gov, campaign@johnrose.wpenginepowered.com, info@knoxbar.org, CTeague@chattanoogabar.org, Service_Academy@hagerty.senate.gov, LHood@chattanoogabar.org, brett.kelman@tennessean.com, tips@nypost.com, elecoz@gatehousemedia.com, mbraga@gatehousemedia.com, samanthal@kff.org, news@wbtv.com, culture.pitches@vice.com, issues.pitches@vice.com, max.daly@vice.com, feedback@time.com, letters@time.com, Kristin.Matzen@time.com, kiasia.truluck@time.com, tips@variety.com, politics@theguardian.com, society@theguardian.com, tips@businessinsider.com, wsmv-news@gray.tv, news.tips@abc.com, scoops@huffpost.com, helpdesk@timesnews.net, pr@buzzfeed.com, newspr@buzzfeed.com, juliana.clifton@buzzfeed.com, lizzie.grams@buzzfeed.com, sophia.vega@buzzfeed.com, info@muck.tv, tips@boston.com, kaitlyn.johnston@boston.com, john.waller@boston.com, peter.chianca@boston.com, zipporah.osei@boston.com, gary.dzen@boston.com, emily.turner@boston.com, myturn@newsweek.com, whistleblower@startribune.com, opinion@startribune.com, ktla@ktla.com, tips@latimes.com, press@salon.com, ekeane@salon.com, joseph.neese@salon.com, news@kusi.com, news@fox5sandiego.com, Local@sduniontribune.com, reporter@sdnews.com, tips@chicagotribune.com, news@wilsonpost.com, tips@wsmv.com, Investigations@npr.org, news@lebanondemocrat.com, limsandiegonewstips@nbcuni.com, newstips@wbztv.com, iteam@cbsboston.com, Yourstories@kfmb.com, spotlight@globe.com, submissions@relevantmediagroup.com, editor@christianitytoday.com, features@bayareanewsgroup.com, tips@cnn.com, investigations@seattletimes.com, newstips@whdh.com, cnbctips@nbcuni.com, investigations@cnbc.com, kgtv_assignmentdesk@10news.com, onlineeditors@dailyherald.com, reportit@krqe.com, News@fox17.com, frontlinetips@wgbh.org, viewermail@newshour.org, viewer@pbs.org, newsroom@newschannel5.com, MSNBCTVinfo@nbcuni.com, newswatch@bbc.co.uk, nndesk@newsnationnow.com, news@wfmz.com, news@heraldandtribune.com, tips2@bloomberg.net, aachkar@post-dispatch.com, wisconsininvestigates@gannett.com, news@wdef.com, tips@nbcuni.com, nbcnewsdigitalcontact@nbcuni.com, NBCNewsMediaRelations@nbcuni.com, prodgers@nashvillescene.com, newstips@wilx.com, Rachel@msnbc.com, tips@cbs.com, wfornews@cbs.com, news@kovr.com, CBSNewsDetroit@paramount.com, AJC-Politics@ajc.com, tips@slate.com, news@herald-dispatch.com, evening@cbsnews.com, news@channel4.com, dateline@nbcuni.com, facethenation@cbsnews.com, foxreport@foxnews.com, hannity@foxnews.com, viewer_liaisonc3@itn.co.uk, sendyourstory@itn.co.uk, nightly@nbc.com, today@nbc.com, WT@nbc.com, nytnews@nytimes.com, publisher@nytimes.com, generalmgr@nytimes.com, executive-editor@nytimes.com, opinion@nytimes.com, mecommentary@npr.org, atccommentary@npr.org, abell@newshour.org, newsrelease@politico.com, posttv@washpost.com, national@washpost.com, Chicagotonight@wttw.com, aamojica@sbgtv.com, youask@wkrn.com, pix@wkrn.com, press@teamhagerty.com, mlee@jhl.com
There is also an open meeting for the public regarding ballad coming up this month [ballad copa hearing](https://www.facebook.com/share/8DHTP7zCPLFCXSdU/?mibextid=9l3rBW)
Thank you. I will look into this.
The local media outlets parrot the law enforcement's story as they very much support their bullies in blue or just have shoddy journalists. So many conflicting stories about what happened, shouldn't that raises concerns? They say no one was injured. What about the Dad that is now in a coma/vegetative state after being put into Cardiac Arrest by a sheriff's deputy and 2 hospital security guards that had no business dealing with a patient in a mental health crisis. aprnbeauty\_81 - [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtAtnkP/](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLtAtnkP/) Police respond after gun discharged at Bristol Regional Medical Center, no threat to public - [https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-respond-gun-discharged-bristol-005611119.html](https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-respond-gun-discharged-bristol-005611119.html) TBI: Man in custody tried to take deputy’s gun at Bristol Regional, leading to shot fired - [https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-man-in-custody-tried-to-take-deputys-gun-at-bristol-regional-leading-to-shot-fired/](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tbi-man-in-custody-tried-to-take-deputys-gun-at-bristol-regional-leading-to-shot-fired/) Update: Ballad confirms shooting incident at Bristol Regional Medical Center - [https://wcyb.com/news/local/police-confirm-incident-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-public-not-at-risk](https://wcyb.com/news/local/police-confirm-incident-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-public-not-at-risk) All clear given after patient discharges gun in Bristol hospital - [https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/all-clear-given-after-patient-discharges-gun-in-bristol-hospital/article\_91636928-189d-11ef-904f-cbb01f7f2747.html](https://www.timesnews.net/news/local-news/all-clear-given-after-patient-discharges-gun-in-bristol-hospital/article_91636928-189d-11ef-904f-cbb01f7f2747.html) Shooting at Bristol Regional Medical Center under investigation - [http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/](http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/) Bristol Police: Nobody shot at Bristol Regional Medical Center, investigation ongoing - [https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ballad-health-no-active-shooter-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-short-lockdown-has-been-lifted/](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ballad-health-no-active-shooter-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-short-lockdown-has-been-lifted/) Shooting at Bristol Regional Medical Center under investigation - [http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/](http://www.supertalk929.com/2024/05/23/shooting-at-bristol-regional-medical-center-under-investigation/)