Doctor claims hospital fired him for reporting harassment—court says jury must decide
A federal appeals court revived a Kansas doctor’s retaliation lawsuit after he alleged he was fired for reporting sexual harassment at his hospital.
Dr. Matthew Byrnes, a former general surgeon and Chief Medical Officer at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, alleges he was terminated and reported to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts after he reported another doctor for sexual harassment of nurses. Byrnes claims his joint employers—St. Catherine Hospital and Centura Health Corporation—retaliated against him, rather than addressing the harassment complaint, setting off a series of events now under renewed legal scrutiny.
According to the complaint, Byrnes reported to hospital leadership that another physician at St. Catherine Hospital was sexually harassing nurses, citing incidents and concerns raised by staff. Byrnes alleges that hospital executives and medical leadership dismissed his concerns and began to scrutinize his own conduct. The complaint describes a series of meetings and communications in which Byrnes was told his allegations lacked merit and was later removed from his position as Chief Medical Officer.
The situation escalated when the hospital received a subpoena from the Kansas Board of Healing Arts regarding an anonymous complaint against Byrnes. An internal investigation was conducted by Centura Health executives, but Byrnes alleges he was not interviewed as part of this...
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