Hospital leaders resign in wake of scandal

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital came under fire for heart surgery problems that led to a rise in patient deaths.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:24 a.m. December 12, 2018
Top leaders at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg have resigned due to backlash from a newspaper investigation into the institution's heart surgery practices. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/All Children's Hospital.
Top leaders at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg have resigned due to backlash from a newspaper investigation into the institution's heart surgery practices. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/All Children's Hospital.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Facing backlash over a series of newspaper reports that revealed a sharp uptick in deaths of heart surgery patients, multiple members of the executive leadership team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, including President Jonathan Ellen, have resigned.

 

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