Keene Woman Left Inside Locked Urgent Care Clinic After Hours; Clinic Apologizes
A Keene, New Hampshire woman says she was left alone inside an urgent care clinic after employees closed for the night, forcing her to seek help through 911, WMUR reported on October 14. Tia Chandler had gone to the ConvenientMD clinic on Winchester Street in Keene for treatment of an asthma attack.
Chandler said that at around 7:45 p.m. on September 24, a staff member gave her a steroid shot and told her they would be right back, but no one returned. She said that by about 8:10 p.m. she looked out of the exam room and found the clinic empty, with no staff at the front office. When she tried to leave, she set off an alarm. She texted her husband asking him to call 911 and also called 911 herself. Keene police confirmed that officers responded to the incident.
ConvenientMD told WMUR that it sincerely regretted the incident, that it should never have happened, and that it has taken steps to make sure it does not happen again. The Keene Sentinel, the local newspaper, also reported that the Winchester Street clinic issued an apology after a woman was left there after hours.
Chandler said she and her family had used the clinic many times in the past, but that she probably would not go back.
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