Aurora paramedics didn't take a patient to her choice hospital, now they could be liable for her bills
An Aurora woman says paramedics put her life at risk when they wouldn't take her to the hospital of her choice. Emergency experts tell CBS News Col...
An Aurora woman says paramedics put her life at risk when they wouldn't take her to the hospital of her choice. Emergency experts tell CBS News Colorado the city could be liable for her higher out-of-network hospital bills. It all began when Darien Peoples, 34, of Aurora, was having a diabetic emergency on the night of Nov. 28, 2023. She was going into ketoacidosis; she wasn't breathing normally, and her blood glucose levels were dangerously high. As a Type I diabetic, Peoples has been a frequent patient of a hospital just six miles from her home — UCHealth's University of Colorado Hospital — where she says they accept her insurance and know her medical history.