By Molly Bloom
Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
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A Lockhart Emergency Medical Services employee resigned Thursday in the midst of an investigation into whether he had written his phone number along a female patient’s panty line as she was being treated for a seizure.
“According to him, it was at her request,” City Manager Vance Rodgers said.
Officials did not release further details Friday.
The city began investigating the complaint against John Lopez on Thursday, Rodgers said. Lopez resigned later.
EMS Director Cheryl Schneider was traveling and not available for comment Friday.
Lockhart EMS serves about 25,000 people, according to the city’s Web site. Its coverage area includes the city and the northern two-thirds of Caldwell County, which is bordered by Hays, Travis and Bastrop counties. Lockhart lacks a community hospital, so patients are taken to Luling, San Marcos and Austin when necessary.