The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS), a publicly funded institution, claims to serve the public good. Yet, when policies are violated, and harm is done, how often do they admit fault? My experience suggests: not often.

My father, Dr. Norman H. Kramer, was the first student accepted into UCLA Medical School and one of its most generous benefactors. Medicine runs deep in my family, and my respect for the field is unwavering. This makes it even more painful to confront the failings of UAMS.

This post isn’t about condemning doctors or healthcare workers. It’s about holding the administration and their lawyers accountable for condoning violations of UAMS policies, ethical norms, and even Arkansas criminal laws.

Why do lawyers have such a hard time saying, “my client was wrong”? “How do we make this right?”

Here are the claim my son and I filed against the hospital, and the disingenuous answer. Finally, there is another YouTube video that shows my son two days after he was allowed to leave the $4,700 per day ICU against medical advice. With no help, he looked at his Amazon account, packaged and addressed a book he sold, gave me directions to the post office because he liked his way better than GPS, and as you see, he dropped off the package and waved at a clerk who said, “How you been?” Even after being tortured for two weeks while he should have been resting peacefully at home, he doesn’t look and wasn’t in fact in critical condition.

Unfortunately, rather than addressing the harm caused, UAMS’s legal team, led by Sherri Robinson, has chosen to prolong the fight, costing taxpayers millions in legal fees and salaries for the medical staff that will need to be called as witnesses. Meanwhile, we are seeking just $275,000 for the harm done by UAMS as a government entity.