St. Vincent Hospital, a medical facility operating Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center (CSV) in Santa Fe, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and firing her because of her disability, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in or around 2021, a long-term employee of CSV fractured her foot and tore tendons in her ankle. After returning from medical leave and working light duty in a patient care position for months, the employee requested reassignment as a reasonable accommodation for her disability. Although a vacant receptionist position in which the employee could perform with her restrictions existed, CSV did not reassign her. Instead, CSV fired the employee and stated in its termination letter that she would not be eligible for rehire until she was “fully recovered” or had “a release for full duty.”