The hospital said it was 'planned operational downtime,' but a cardiologist said the life-saving care should never be unavailable.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Swedish Medical Center temporarily shut down a critical service that provides life-saving care for heart attack patients last weekend in an unusual move cardiologists fear could have hurt patient outcomes and affect the facility's accreditation.
But Swedish Medical Center in Englewood confirmed it closed its cath lab last weekend for"planned operational downtime," forcing patients with critical heart attacks to receive care at other locations. Kohli compared the closure of a cath lab to closing down the hospital's emergency room."By definition, it's a 24/7 facility," she said. Two other Denver hospitals contacted by 9NEWS said they don't schedule downtime for their cath labs and would only close them in exceedingly rare circumstances.
"Our cath lab is open and will be this weekend," he said in an emailed statement."We have operational downtimes and do extensive preparation, including notifying appropriate stakeholders."
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