[this_ol_patriot]

Barring a freak accident the elevators would have to be severely neglected to get into a condition that this would happen. If this is the case then I would recommend not using this hospital at all because this is the least of their problems. We have Otis and (Thyssen)Dover in every week to safety check and maintain the elevators in the hospital where I work and thye also have 24/7 on-call service.

[demkicker]

Don't worry, St. Joseph's isn't on my "A" list of hospitals in Houston. The fact that they've been having trouble with the elevators and they were worked on last week spells HUGE negligence.

And after reading this, I'll not try to jump on and beat the closing doors of elevators ever again!

[Old Professer]

JCAHO is going to be real interested in this.