Hope Clinic in Granite City Hospitalizes Patients Two Days in a Row

photo credit: Operation Rescue

Two days in a row last month, the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, IL hospitalized abortion patients. Pro-lifers on the sidewalk documented the arrival of ambulances on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9, and Operation Rescue retrieved 911 records. Disturbingly, the staffer who made both calls is recorded laughing on the Nov. 9 911 call.

Recordings of the 911 calls are available here.

The Nov. 8 emergency occurred at around noon. A 42-year-old woman suffered from heavy vaginal bleeding, so a staffer called 911 to request an ambulance. The 911 dispatch report tagged the emergency as "high priority" and the patient was transferred to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

On Nov. 9, the same staffer is recorded laughing when the call connects to a dispatcher. She simply tells the dispatcher that the patient, "needs to be transferred to Barnes. She is currently stable but she just needs a higher level of care." No further information is requested by the dispatcher, but the statement must commonly indicate to dispatchers that the emergency should be classified as a "high priority." The dispatch report for this incident categorized the emergency as such.

Operation Rescue noted that it has documented 15 medical emergencies at Hope Clinic since the spring of 2020.

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