New Jersey Hospital Sues Virtua for Slander

Deborah Heart & Lung Center in Brown Mills, N.J., is suing Virtua Health, accusing Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mt. Holly, N.J., and four cardiologists from The Cardiology Group of slander and unfair competition, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Deborah Heart & Lung claims that Virtua and the cardiologists “disparaged” the facility in an effort to keep heart patients from transferring to the facility, according to the report.

According to the suit, Virtua patients were told that Deborah was having financial problems and issues with patient care and were instead encouraged to transfer to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Read the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s report on the Deborah Heart & Lung suit against Virtua.

 

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