Mar 25, 2019
In August 2018, CNN ran a two-part story entitled “Escape from the Mayo Clinic: Teen accuses world-famous hospital of ‘medical kidnapping’.” The article reported that an 18-year-old patient and her family accused Mayo of “medically kidnapping” her. In the first installment of the Marketing and Communications Center Chats, Mayo Clinic’s Amy Davis dispels the myths that underpinned CNN’s reporting and explains how she and her team set the record straight.