Delis and large grocery stores. Just lower pay with no nurses or anesthesiologists.
Posted on 05/17/2023 4:00:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Doctors 'Depart' Texas Clinic Amid Transgender Care Probe — Clinic at Dell Children's remains open while state questions gender transitioning procedures by Rachael Robertson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today May 16, 2023
Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Twitter. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window email article A photo of Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas The physicians who staffed Dell Children's Medical Center's adolescent medicine clinic in Austin, Texas are departing amid an investigation by the state's attorney general, according to clinic officials.
Tweetsopens in a new tab or window and TikToksopens in a new tab or window claimed the doctors were fired for offering gender-affirming care. The hospital, however, said the adolescent medicine clinic remains open but will be staffed by other physicians in its medical group, according to reports.
Ascension/Dell Children's did not return a request for comment from MedPage Today, but a statement from the hospital reported by KXAN Austinopens in a new tab or window read, "While the physicians who previously staffed the clinic will be departing, the clinic remains open and supported by other physicians within Dell Children's Medical Group. We continue to be advocates for the best possible care and treatment for children in Central Texas."
Dell's Children's did not respond to KXAN's request to elaborate on why the physicians left so abruptly.
Earlier this month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigationopens in a new tab or window of Dell Children's for "potentially illegal activity" related to gender transitioning procedures at the clinic. Gender-affirming care for minors is not illegal in Texasopens in a new tab or window, though Gov. Greg Abbott (R) instructed the Department of Family Protective Services to investigate all instances of "sex-change" procedures as potential child abuse.
"Attorney General Paxton has issued a Request to Examine ("RTE") to Dell Children's Medical Center, which demands answers about the alleged activities. The RTE seeks to determine whether any state laws have been violated or any misrepresentations have been made to parents and patients."
According to the RTE, Dell Christian's has a few weeks to provide documentation on gender-affirming treatments for minors at the hospital.
Paxton announced the investigation 2 weeks after the far-right group Project Veritas posted a video that included footage of a licensed social worker at Dell Children's saying that "we do have patients who are starting as young as 8, 9." The clip was posted without context in a compilation of other youth gender clinics sharing information about gender-affirming care. Project Veritas has been known for using tactics including surreptitious recordingopens in a new tab or window.
In a written response to the videoopens in a new tab or window, Dell Children's stated that the clinic "prohibits surgery and prescribing hormone therapy for the treatment of gender dysphoria for children."
While it doesn't provide those treatments for minors, the clinic does "provide a safe and welcoming place for children to receive other forms of primary care and treatment, including treatment of illness and injuries, well-baby visits, and school physicals," the statement continued.
KXAN reportedopens in a new tab or window the story of a Texas teen who had been receiving hormone replacement therapy at Dell Children's for years as part of her post-cancer treatment plan. The therapy is vital for boosting estrogen to delay menopause. Her parents received a call from the clinic that their daughter's doctor was no longer with the clinic and they would be referred to a different clinic.
"That was when it kind of came out that it wasn't just that one doctor who was leaving the clinic, it was that all of the doctors affiliated with the Adolescent Medicine Clinic were leaving," the father told KXAN. "And so obviously, that was concerning, to say the least."
Another Texas teen told KUT Austinopens in a new tab or window that his social worker informed him that the provider who prescribed his hormones was leaving the clinic and that he'd need to go elsewhere for care. This call came the same day Paxton announced his investigation. The teen told the station that he is worried about finding a new provider before his testosterone prescription runs out.
"If we're all flooding in and [the wait] is already 3 to 6 months, where are we going to get our care?" he told KUT.
A billopens in a new tab or window that would ban gender-affirming healthcare for minors has already passed the Texas Senate and is likely to pass the House once it comes to a vote. If signed into law, the bill would take effect on September 1, 2023. It also would require minors already receiving puberty blockers or hormone therapy to be weaned off, which some call forced detransitioningopens in a new tab or window.
Rachael Robertson is a writer on the MedPage Today enterprise and investigative team, also covering OB/GYN news. Her print, data, and audio stories have appeared in Everyday Health, Gizmodo, the Bronx Times, and multiple podcasts. Follow
Why do we let the left hijack the English language. The “care” being talked about is not “gender-affirming;” it is “gender-denying!”
I’m surprised to hear that Dell Children’s is doing this or has done so called “gender affirming” or supported the whole hair brain concept in any way shape or form.
I suspect the involvement of Austin’s pack of hard core marxists in this and would bet that Dell (Michael) didn’t have the stiffness in his spine to stand up to the hardcore America hating commies that run Austin........at least until the legislature slaps em down.
I want to say for the record that Dell Children’s Hospital, over the years, has done a lot of really good and in many cases free work on children that otherwise could not pay.
Good. These “physicians” should be running for the hills. I said previously that once medical malpractice insurance companies start becoming wary of providing coverage for these hospitals and doctors, you will see them abandoning these procedures. The pain to the “bottom-line” will worsen as more and more victims file lawsuits against the hospitals.
Public spotlight on the issue will (and has already) make a difference as well. If they were truly providing required “health care”, they would be staying to defend their actions as necessary. As we have seen from leaked video, these hospitals see “trans” treatments as a money-maker. When it starts hurting their wallet, they will change their tune.
You know what the great thing about electronic medical records is?
They’re far easier to doctor (ha ha) than the dead tree variety.
Ummm, this part right here, where it states, “According to the RTE, Dell Christian’s has a few weeks……”, is that like a Freudian slip? How does one misstate “Christian’s” for Children’s?
Call it what it is.
or “gender destroying”
“You know, if I can’t mutilate kids every day, I just can’t go to work. Guess I’ll go work somewhere else.”
(Probably what the thinking was like)
I have to wonder whether the pre-surgery contracts where patients sign away their right to sue are 100% ironclad. Because if they aren’t, I see insurance companies covering the doctors who carry out these procedures having to spend a lot of money fighting off plaintiffs who were minors when they were operated on or given hormones that rendered them infertile.
Shyster lawyers you expect, but shyster doctors?
Why do we let the left hijack the English language. The “care” being talked about is not “gender-affirming;” it is “gender-denying!”>>> I call it commie speak. Makes it difficult for the average joe to know what is being discussed. Been used for a long time. Vehicle for car, income for wages, etc.
They spelled Hell wrong.
This is a very strange way to begin an article. You may want to proofread before you hit that "post" button.
During the days of the British Empire these “gender affirming care” doctors would be hung. I am not kidding. That was the punishment for mutilating kids.
Delis and large grocery stores. Just lower pay with no nurses or anesthesiologists.
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