HCA Employee Uses Shocking Anti-Gay Slur To Defend Missouri Hospital That Handcuffed Gay Man

Comments made by a Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) employee on her personal Facebook page have emerged today, showing a troubling strain of intolerance in the parts of the company.

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Paula Grant, who has claimed to be a former employee of Research Medical Center and is currently a Charge Entry Specialist for HCA — the parent company of Research Medical Center — said this in comments posted today:

I worked at Research Medical for years and I know the security guys. They follow strict guidelines, male or female, family or not, if you are causing a scene you will be removed. There are other patients, employees and visitors to think about. It makes news because of the fags.

Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO has become the face of intolerance in the medical community after reports yesterday of an incident involving Roger Gorley, a man detained by hospital security and later handcuffed and arrested for attempting to visit his ill partner in the facility.

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