OC revokes Orange County Global’s designation as a stroke-receiving center

Orange County Global Medical Center has lost its county designation as a stroke center nearly four months after health officials placed the facility on suspension following reports of poor medical care.
Emergency dispatchers and paramedics were ordered by the county’s Emergency Medical Services agency in July to stop routing stroke patients to the Santa Ana hospital until further notice. Last week, county EMS took the next step and dropped Orange County Global as one of nine medical facili