Dr Paul Ryan Of Pulse Cardiology San Bernardino denied a patient medical care b/c she speaks Spanish

[Roland99]

Dr Paul Ryan Of Pulse Cardiology San Bernardino denied a patient medical care b/c she speaks Spanish—not English

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[TexasBushwhacker]

1. WTF???

If he has such an issue with non-English speakers, what the hell is he doing in CALIFORNIA?

[PatSeg]

4. Exactly

California is one of the most diverse places I've lived in. Maybe he should move to Wyoming.

[Drahthaardogs]

2. Fire his ass

This is the problem. Trump normalizes this shit

[Takket]

3. blatant violation of his oath. He should lose his medical licence and job.

[MiniMe]

5. It is the hippocratic oath they take, not the hypocritic oath

I hope this doc goes to Europe and has a medical emergency and the docs there say the exact same thing to him. Ugh

[still_one]

6. He should absolutely lose his job and license, and truth be told you would not want this person to

be your physician

[Garrett78]

7. Every Paul Ryan I know of is an asshole. Every single one of them.

[Blue_true]

14. nt

[smirkymonkey]

8. Aren't there laws against this? Racist asshole.

He should be fired. What is it with the name "Paul Ryan"?

[dalton99a]

9. THE MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.mbc.ca.gov/About_Us/Contact_Us.aspx

THE MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA
2005 EVERGREEN STREET, SUITE 1200
SACRAMENTO, CA 95815

[e-mail]

Central Complaint Unit
1-800-633-2322 Toll-Free
[phone] Phone

Executive Office
[phone] Phone

Office of Public Affairs
[phone] Phone

[OnDoutside]

11. 100% agree. He should be struck off. This must not be the first time either...he had no

qualms about not treating her.

[AJT]

10. Isn't that illegal?

So, this:

Federal laws prohibit discrimination based on a person's national origin, race, color, religion, disability, sex, and familial status. Laws prohibiting national origin discrimination make it illegal to discriminate because of a person's birthplace, ancestry, culture or language. This means people cannot be denied equal opportunity because they or their family are from another country, because they have a name or accent associated with a national origin group, because they participate in certain customs associated with a national origin group, or because they are married to or associate with people of a certain national origin.

[lunasun]

12. She had a translator but that was not good enough ? Only she could speak english?

[Cousin Dupree]

13. POS forgot about his Hippocratic oath. Unbelievable. There are so many people in this

country that do not speak English. Medical providers MUST provide translators in order to communicate with patients. She brought her own translator. His ass is in trouble.

[DFW]

15. Remind me never to visit there

I'm a cardiac patient and I speak Spanish. I also speak Swedish. Would he have refused me for that. too?

[TruckFump]

16. Check out his web site on languages spoken

[link:https://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-paul-ryan-x3tqw|

It says "Spanish and English!"

WTF????????????????

[Judi Lynn]

17. A page from Dignity Health indicates he takes Spanish speaking patients. What's that about?

https://www.dignityhealth.org/ourdoctors/1861573990-paul-ryan

"Dignity" Health. Must be some kind of inside joke.

[TruckFump]

18. I got the ssame when I googled him.

Health Grades says the same thing.