Well lots of scenarios can be imagined, but if professionals were involved that would be a very strange way to proceed. They could not know which of several DC hospitals would receive the wounded Seth Rich, so how could “they” possibly guarantee that a follow-up assassination would occur quickly at a hospital? Seems like a very chancy, unreliable way to pursue such a matter. In real life, not the movies, I find it difficult to believe that any “pro” would count on getting a 2nd chance at the target in a short time frame, especially since an ambulance could take the victim to one of quite a number of hospitals (not automatically the closest one, may depend upon protocols for a particular ambulance service and also patient loads at the ERs).
For instance, a friend of mine is an ER doc in another large metro area, downtown. Even though their hospital is a large and famous institution, they often do NOT receive nearby gunshot victims because there is a “Level I Trauma Center” hospital just a couple of miles further away. I doubt that potential assassins could count on which hospital would receive the wounded victim, and anyway, really, why would they go to such lengths not to do the job the first time??? This is not a movie, it’s real life.
Howard University Hospital ICU, a private institution, I believe. Not bound by the same disclosure policies and a public hospital.
He was reported shot 3 block east and, from what I understand, it was the only one with an ICU in the immediate vicinity.
Would be a reasonable assumption he was taken there, no?
They would take a working code to the closest available hospital. Once stabilized, if possible, then they would move to a trauma facility, if it met criteria. I think Level I trauma takes burns as well as “standard” trauma fare.