There is no evidence that the ambulance driver accused of abandoning a patient on Oct. 28, 2026, in Cleveland, was an immigrant. 

According to reporting from ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland,  a 50-year-old woman was abandoned by the driver of a private ambulance operated by Lynx EMS. A crew member reportedly stayed behind and called 911 to get the woman to the hospital. There are no reports confirming the driver’s identity or immigration status. 

Data on paramedics is limited, but studies consistently show that international medical graduates deliver care that is equal to and, in some cases, better than U.S. medical graduates.

A 2010 study in Health Affairs that looked at over 240 thousand hospitalizations in Pennsylvania found no significant mortality difference between international and U.S. medical graduates.   

A 2017 study in the British Medical Journal found that older patients treated by international graduates in the United States had lower mortality rates.