Four details:
1. Mark Haganman claimed he was fired Nov. 3 from Osage, Iowa-based Mitchell County after raising concerns about a plan to test COVID-19 patients developed by the hospital’s CEO, Shelley Russell, and another physician. Dr. Haganman alleges the hospital’s plan violated state law and public health directives, according to the report. He filed the lawsuit March 8.
2. Dr. Haganman worked with community leaders to develop another plan to test patients for COVID-19 and aimed to fund it through philanthropy.
3. After hearing of Dr. Haganman’s firing, 1,400 people signed a petition for the hospital to bring him back, and some attended a virtual hospital board meeting to express their displeasure.
4. Mitchell County disputed the lawsuit’s claims in an email to the Globe Gazette, stating that they are unfounded.
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