Personnel
Hospital worker did not respond timely.
A respiratory therapist was charged with insubordination, neglect of duty, and unbecoming conduct. ALJ Faye Lewis found that respondent neglected his duty by failing to answer multiple telephone calls from the emergency room relating to a trauma patient and failing to respond to the emergency room in a timely manner.
Health & Hospitals Corp. (Queens Hospital Ctr.) v. Toval, OATH Index No. 1372/14 (May 28, 2014).