St. Croix Hospital Admits Patient ‘Left Outside’ Unattended ‘For A Long Time’

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Health News, St. Croix News

CHRISTIANSTED — The Juan F. Luis Hospital administration admitted in a prepared statement tonight “that a patient was allegedly left outside of the ED hospital without being attended for an extended amount of time.”

“The patient was attended to by JFL caregivers after being transported to JFL from another facility on island,” the St. Croix medical facility said in a Facebook post. “The patient was evaluated by JFL caregivers in an appropriate timeframe and released in care of family. Specifics of the patient’s health are kept confidential, to protect patient rights, and will not be released.”

Newly installed JFL Hospital CEO Douglas Koch did not publicly comment on the matter.

The current condition of the patient was not made clear in the JFL Hospital information dump.

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John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.