Cleveland Clinic, widely regarded as the top-performing hospital globally, is accused of racial discrimination in an official civil rights complaint issued Wednesday by anti-discrimination healthcare organization Do No Harm (DNH).
The complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, alleges the clinic’s Minority Stroke Program and Minority Men’s Health Center engage in discriminatory practices by systematically excluding white patients in favor of minorities. The clinic receives federal funding and is subject to anti-discrimination laws that make such practices illegal.
