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'Wokest hospital in America?': Top hospital hit with blistering ad exposing 'political agenda'
FIRST ON FOX: Consumers’ Research, a leading non-profit dedicated to consumer information, is launching a campaign targeting the Cleveland Clinic over what it says is a history of the organization prioritizing woke politics over patients.
The campaign, dubbed “Cleveland Clinic Exposed,” asks the public whether the clinic is “the wokest hospital in America” and will involve an ad titled “Exposed,” which will run in Ohio during the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors game on Wednesday.
“Is Cleveland Clinic the wokest hospital in America?” the 30-second ad asks. “They prioritize care based on skin color. Perform child sex changes. Push transgender propaganda on vulnerable kids. Insert DEI into everything they do.
“And spend millions on climate activism. The CEO admits it: Healthcare is only a part of their mission. Cleveland Clinic. Focused on a political agenda. Not what’s best for patients.”
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The Cleveland Clinic was hit with an ad this week alleging that the hospital is promoting a “woke” agenda. (Fox News Digital)
The ad campaign will also be featured on ClevelandClinicExposed.com, and mobile billboards will be seen outside the Ohio state capitol building, Cleveland Clinic main campus and the Florida state capitol building.
Additionally, a targeted digital campaign and a “woke alert” is being sent out calling on the clinic to “stop injecting politics into patient care.”
“Attention Floridians,” one of the alerts states. “Cleveland Clinic opened a sex change clinic in your backyard.”
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A senior Black man sits in his doctor’s office and listens as the doctor shows him something on a digital tablet. (iStock)
The ad, in part, references a letter from Cleveland Clinic’s CEO suggesting that providing healthcare services is not the sole focus of the organization.
“Providing high-quality healthcare is only a part of our mission,” Cleveland Clinic CEO Tom Mihaljevic wrote in a post on the hospital’s website.
“We have an obligation to uplift the many communities we call home. We must improve our neighbors’ wellbeing, quality of life and opportunities to succeed. We must operate in sustainable ways that are good for our planet. We must embrace diversity, champion human rights and lead with humility and inclusiveness.”
Cleveland Clinic has faced accusations of promoting a “woke” agenda in the past, including a complaint filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty alleging “race-based discrimination and segregation of patients.”
Consumers’ Research, a leading non-profit dedicated to consumer information, is targeting the Cleveland Clinic with a new ad. (Fox News Digital)
The Cleveland Clinic’s website also contains several posts promoting climate initiatives, including a plan for “greening” its operating rooms.
In 2022, the Cleveland Clinic hired Jacqui Robertson as chief of diversity and inclusion, and announced in a post that has since been deleted that she will “lead efforts that will further diversity and inclusion across the health system.”
Robertson stated in a 2023 interview, “I don’t believe that diversity and inclusion should ever be a standalone strategy. It has to be embedded in everything that we do. And so that’s our processes, that’s our metrics.”
In a June 2023 post that also appears to have been deleted from the Cleveland Clinic website, the clinic explained “How to Support a Child Who’s Questioning Their Gender Identity.”
Also in June 2023, the clinic put out a press release labeling racism as a “public health crisis.”
“Cleveland Clinic is committed to addressing structural racism and bias in our community,” the organization said in a December 2020 press release announcing a plan to “join a coalition of 37 of the largest U.S. employers, to train, hire and promote one million Black Americans into family-sustaining jobs with opportunities for advancement.”
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City skyline and the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. (John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Despite past press releases and statements on the Cleveland Clinic’s website highlighting its agenda, a Cleveland Clinic spokesperson pushed back against the campaign.
“The advertisement contains false statements, and we are concerned there are serious inaccuracies in their claims. Our services are available for everyone, and we do not discriminate based on race, gender or any other category,” the spokesperson said.
“By its own shocking words and deeds, Cleveland Clinic has quite possibly become the wokest hospital in America,” Consumers’ Research executive director Will Hild told Fox News Digital in a statement. “The clinic’s leadership alarmingly proclaims that DEI ‘has to be embedded in everything that we do.’ Such a sentiment plagues the entire hospital system and should frighten every patient in need of its services.
“From unethical race-based care to transgender mutilation surgeries on kids to bowing at the altar of climate extremism, Cleveland Clinic seems hell-bent on satisfying every woke fixation while cost-reduction for patients is a distant afterthought. It is wrong when any company prioritizes woke objectives over its consumers, but it is especially disturbing when the perpetrator is a medical facility and consumers are patients. Cleveland Clinic must reverse course, shun woke radicalism, stop spending resources in the wrong places, and make affordable quality care its only focus.”
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An Indiana woman who was found alive in her car six days after crashing it into a ditch managed to survive by using her hoodie to drink water, her family and police say.
Brieonna Cassell, 41, of Wheatfield, was rescued by a local “hero” Tuesday after he spotted her while doing drainage work in Brook, in the northwestern part of the state, according to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office.
“She had fell asleep and veered off the road and went into a very big, deep ditch. It couldn’t be seen from the road,” Cassell’s father, Delmar Caldwell, was quoted by WLS as saying.
“She was using her hoodie and wringing it to get a drink of water, trying to survive,” he reportedly added. “She was in excruciating pain. She was screaming out for help. She could hear cars going by, but they couldn’t see her from the road.”
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Brieonna Cassell had “been the subject of a missing person report for the last six days” until her discovery Tuesday, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office said. (Courtesy Cassell Family/Fox32 Chicago)
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said Cassell “had been the subject of a missing person report for the last 6 days” prior to her discovery.
“The passerby, Johnny Martinez, was operating equipment for Deyoung Drainage. When Martinez located the vehicle, he contacted his supervisor, Jeremy Vanderwall, who happens to be the Morocco Fire Chief,” police said.
“Martinez and Vanderwall checked the vehicle and found Cassell to be the sole occupant. She was conscious and speaking,” it added. “Despite her injuries, Cassell had survived 6 days waiting to be rescued. She was flown to a Chicago Hospital.”
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Brieonna Cassell was airlifted to a local hospital following her discovery, the Newton County Sheriff’s Office said. (Newton County Sheriff’s Office )
Cassell’s family said she suffered compound fractures and injuries to her legs, according to Fox32 Chicago.
Newton County Sheriff Shannon Cothran said Cassell’s story of survival shows an “incredible testament to her will to live.”
“We are grateful for all the well wishes sent her way,” Cothran said.
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said “we owe immense gratitude to Johnny Martinez, who spotted the car in the ditch.” (Newton County Sheriff’s Office)
“In my book, Mr. Martinez is a hero, and we can never thank him enough for his keen eye and quick action,” he added.
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) – It was a highly expensive rental that was used to commit theft in southeast Michigan.
That is what happened when a one-of-a-kind Rolls-Royce was rented and used in a string of thefts, and the owner was unaware.
The backstory:
Sam Zahar is the owner of Southfield’s Dream Luxury Car Rental, where this week, a customer rented a Rolls-Royce for $1,750 per day.
That was when the theft spree started as the suspect traversed Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb Counties, robbing banks along the way. The case is in the hands of the feds, so it’s unclear how many thefts the Rolls and the renter are tied to.
What they’re saying:
Zahar didn’t even know it was going on, as he only found out while scrolling through his phone, seeing a video on Metro Detroit news.
“This is my car,” he said. “I got a screenshot and I tried to, that’s my car. I was about probably four detectives by my house driving around thinking I stole the bank because the car is under my name.”
The driver led police on a chase, then bailed and ran on the city’s east side Wednesday night.
Police were able to recover the SUV with about $15,000 in damages, with the driver on the run.
Dig deeper:
This was, unfortunately, not the first time this had happened to Zahar, as a few months prior someone rented a car from him, then robbed a mail truck after some renters took a G-Wagon for a joyride.
Most recently, a $300,000 vehicle was likely stolen during transport from Miami to Detroit.
The Source: FOX 2 talked with the owner of Dream Luxury Car Rental.
Milwaukee, WI
'We're very nervous'; Milwaukee Health Dept. calls in federal agencies to help with lead investigations
MILWAUKEE — New details continue to unfold from the Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) about lead investigations at Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).
“How are you guys just now finding out? You should have done this in the summertime before these kids came into the school,” MPS parent, Paradice Xiong said.
MHD said that during visual assessments this week, officials identified significant lead hazards at Starms Early Childhood Center, Fernwood Montessori School, and LaFollette School. As a result, all three schools will close starting Monday, March 17, to allow for necessary cleaning and remediation.
“We are very strained for resources,” Tyler Weber with MHD said.
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TMJ4’s Megan Lee asked Weber if he considers this a crisis.
“This keeps elevating to that level for us, and we’re very nervous with the more schools we go into,” he said.
TMJ4 learned that the Environmental Protection Agency has joined the investigation efforts. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assisting as well.
“They bring another perspective,” Weber stated. “More hands-on deck to help us, and then just a different body with a different group of experience and different authority for us to share ideas and challenges on how to navigate this together.”
Weber said having experts from other entities will help in the investigations.
“Schools are very large facilities. We are a program that is trained on residential properties. So we’re going into this a bit wide opened,” Weber said.
MHD has identified seven schools within MPS that contain lead hazards and three students with elevated lead levels due to exposure at school.
“We’ve got buildings that are close to 100 years old, and we have thousands of students in these old schools, and it’s going to keep happening,” spouse of an MPS teacher, Paul Smith said.
His wife works at Fernwood Montessori School, one of the schools that temporarily closed for lead hazard remediation.
I’m worried, we have an aging infrastructure here in Milwaukee,” Paul Smith said.
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MHD and MPS are encouraging families to attend a free lead screening clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 15 at Bradley Tech High School.
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