The IHS provides free health care for 2.6 million Native Americans under treaties between the U.S. The Cheyenne River Health Center has been cited by federal regulators for poor care. The Eagle Butte hospital’s top official, said the facility has a “sound medical records and records management program” and had improved the consistency of its care in recent years. In a court filing Friday, lawyers for the Justice Department denied the allegations. Miner’s case because of the pending litigation. Miner of how sick she was and failed to treat her illness. Tree Top sued the government over her mother’s care, alleging that the IHS never informed Ms. IHS hospitals, including the one in Eagle Butte, have been cited by regulators time and again over the past decade for dangerous medical care, including haphazard record-keeping, negligent follow-ups and sending home patients who turned out to be critically ill. Miner, like many of the agency’s patients, was let down by the care she got there, not because of one catastrophic medical mistake, but by a cascade of shortcomings that the agency has failed to fix despite years of promises from its leaders.
In recent years, tribal leaders, health experts and federal regulators have identified widespread problems with the IHS. The Cheyenne River Sioux tribal chairman. “The sad thing is, our people don’t have a choice. Miner or other providers to ensure the right testing was done, according to the medical records and her family. When hospital staffers discovered serious health problems, the results weren’t clearly communicated to Ms. Operational problems such as mismanaged patient chart systems affected her care, those records show. Miner’s symptoms but never followed up on initial concerns about her condition, making each visit effectively her first, medical records show. Miner’s daughter, combs through her mother’s medical records at her home in Eagle Butte.Īt the Cheyenne River Health Center in Eagle Butte, a succession of IHS medical providers treated Ms. Miner’s encounters with the IHS, and her family’s repeated efforts to get her help there, illustrate how the federal agency can fail the patients who need it most. Miner reached for her daughter’s hand and started to cry. “You have two very large masses in your right lung. Miner lay crumpled on a hospital cot, the right side of her body shaking, a physician assistant ordered a CT scan, after her family insisted, according to the records and family members.
Miner returned twice more to the hospital, the only one on the Cheyenne River Reservation, over the next six months, medical records show.įinally, on May 7, 2017, as the 67-year-old Ms. What is clear is that no further tests were done. Her family says they never were given such instructions and weren’t told of the two masses the X-ray revealed. Notations in her medical file indicate the doctor told her to come back for a lung scan the next day. Canela is repped by Encompass Entertainment and Andres Budnik, Nicolas Keller and Liam Scholey at Vision Entertainment.What exactly the IHS doctor said to Ms. Miner is repped by Innovative Artists Agency, AFA/Prime Talent Media and Rick Genow of Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Past credits include Fifty Shades of Black and The Campaign.Ĭanela joined ABC’s The Rookie last year, playing Cesar Madrigal, and has also featured in A&E’s The Glades, Josh Waller’s Camino, Fox’s Pitch and Netflix’s Always be my Maybe. Miner, who is also a singer-songwriter, was most recently seen wrapping the final 11th season of Showtime’s Shameless, in which she played Phillip Gallagher’s love interest Tami Tamietti. Gutierrez, with a story by Clarence Williams IV. Writers are David Gregg, Gia Neri, Rolando Vinas and director is Carlos V. Stationed on the front lines of a Pandemic Hotzone, the pic follows Army Surgeon Eva’s attempt to uncover the truth behind a subliminal message she received from a patient, while dealing with the unexpected arrival of an illegal immigrant into her home.Īmerican Entertainment Investors, Synkronized Films and Elipsis Capital are behind the film, with Daniela Delfino, who also features in Stay Safe, Joseph Cohen and Alex Cohen producing.