Woman dies ignored on hospital waiting room floor

[illnillinois]

Woman dies ignored on hospital waiting room floor - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/01/hospital.death.ap/?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCVideo)

the title says it all.
Several people watched and walked away.. including 2 security officers..

LAME PEOPLE wake the the FUCK up and think of someone other then yourself..

"not cannabis peeps" the douche bags in the video..

[illnillinois]

That video link sucked, it was short.. Google and find the whole tape.. It went on for about 40 minutes before someone came to give her help and by then she was dead..

[illnillinois]

ABC News: Ignored Psych Patient Dies on Hospital Floor (http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5284151&page=1)

sorry for the flood of my posts

[Breukelen advocaat]

The hospital is Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. Not a place I would want to be in, even though it is a major instutiion and serves as a teaching hospital to SUNY medical students. The deceased, who was from Jamaica, had been involuntarily admitted to the hospital the previous morning for psychosis, for which she refused treatment. Six people have been fired from the hospital as a result of the incident. Cause of death has not yet been established.

I remember hearing rumors that on nights when the moon was full, there was a spike in the number of suicide jumpers from the roof of Kings County's psycho ward.

[killerweed420]

If I was the hospital administrator everyone I saw in that video would be fired on the spot. We have an institution here in Washington that is probably just as bad. Its called Western State Hospital and there's some real idiots working there.

[StickyfingahZ]

I worked in a Hospital as a security guard and got threatened to be fired for helping a woman who fell on the ground while in the crosswalk whole crossing from the parking garage to the hospital.I saw her fall,I ran and grabbed her(she reached out to me) and I washelping her up and helped her to a wheelchair and was pushing her to the ER with my boss following behind me,I thought I was doing a good thing,He yanked me into the bathroom and chewed me out big time,Told me if I was caught doing anything like that I would be fired on sight.........on sight?
He told me its a liabilty issue and people end up suing the hospital,if I hurt her in the process of helping her up,they wanted only trained nurses and such to help,they told me call for a lift team......I was like wtf,she was in the middle of the road.
I told my boss where and how I was raised ,we help people,he told me"same here,only were taught to cover our azz in the process"
So I guess thats how it is.
But I agree,someone should have definately called some help,seeing someone on a hospital floor is a bad sign.

[Dave Byrd]

That hospital is renowned in medical circles for its awful conditions and incompetence. Well known far and wide as being one of the worst "dumping grounds" there is. I hope this shameful incident sheds enough scrutiny on it that things change. I don't hold out much hope, though. I also hope that poor patient's family or estate recovers some damages. Lawsuits sometimes are the one thing that get the attention of people who're in a position to effect change.

StickyFingaz, I don't know where you live, but your boss is uninformed about ass-coverage or has been badly trained by overly frightened HR people. Ideally, yes, if someone has a medical problem, nurses, docs, medics or even techs should be the ones administering physical care on hospital grounds. In the case of that old lady, though, it was a safety issue with that accidental fall. If you hadn't helped her, she could have been hit by a car as a result of your refusal to intervene, and the hospital would have been at just as much legal risk for your not having helped. Your boss needs to re-examine his training and cautiousness about ass coverage. You did the right thing by helping her. Perhaps your boss meant well, but it sounds as if he's like far too many management bureaucrats in the world who let fear of liability get in the way of human decency.

[StickyfingahZ]

This was in South San Francisco,and yeah,it seemed as if anything that wasnt in our job description was liability,even when ER Charge nurse would ask for help restraining someone(Im a big dude) But I would help,I dunno,Its just the way I am you know,if someone asks for help,and if I can help,I'll help,but My coworkers would aways say"thats not our job" It was really frowned upon and I dont work there anymore and my boss was fired just before I left....I had nothing to do with him getting fied,lol.

[Breukelen advocaat]

I just saw a televised NYC news segment regarding this case with the woman's daughter and her attorney, politicians, community leaders and others demanding answers and justice.

Legal claim filed over death at NYC psych ward

By SAMANTHA GROSS â?? July 8 2008

NEW YORK (AP) â?? The daughter of a woman who died unnoticed on the floor of a hospital psychiatric unit called Tuesday for criminal prosecution of the workers who did nothing to help her.

"What I want is justice," Tecia Harrison said, hours after her family notified the hospital, the city and the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation that they intend to file a $25 million lawsuit. "Whoever committed a criminal act should be held responsible."

Surveillance footage showed the death of Esmin Elizabeth Green, 49, who collapsed face-down on the floor of the Kings County Hospital Center's psychiatric emergency waiting room, where she had been for nearly 24 hours.

She was largely ignored for about an hour. Security guards and a member of the Brooklyn hospital's staff appear to notice her prone body at least three times without making any visible efforts to see if she needed help.

By the time a woman from the medical staff approached her, nudging Green's body with her foot, the stricken patient was already dead.

Alan Aviles, president of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, which oversees Kings County Hospital, said in a statement that new staff, procedures and training since Green's death on June 19 would likely be supplemented by further reforms.

"We failed Esmin Green and believe her family deserves fair and just compensation," Aviles said. "HHC referred this matter to criminal enforcement and regulatory authorities on June 20.
We have been cooperating and will continue to support any and all investigations."

The city Department of Investigation is examining the case with the cooperation of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, said DOI spokeswoman Dianne Struzzi. The Brooklyn district attorney's office is also involved, and will decide whether to prosecute, Struzzi said. The medical examiner's office has performed an autopsy and is doing further tests to determine the cause of death.

At 31, Harrison is the eldest of the six children Green left behind in Jamaica when she moved to the United States in 2000 to find work. Now, Harrison is left with questions about how her mother ended up involuntarily committed to the psychiatric ward â?? falling ill and dying hundreds of miles from her immediate family and with no one by her side.

"It was heartbreaking," Harrison said of watching the video. "Something inside of me died right there with my mom."

The family's lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, accused the hospital staff of attempting to cover up neglect. In patient records marked 6 a.m. and 6:20 a.m., when surveillance footage shows Green on the floor, hospital staff wrote instead that she was "awake, up and about" or sitting quietly.

Six people were fired after her death, which had already been a subject of complaints and lawsuits by advocates for the mentally ill. The Department of Justice began investigating allegations of patient mistreatment at the hospital earlier this year.

The Associated Press: Legal claim filed over death at NYC psych ward (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyoCW83J5tuh5Dp75VzjbESAakVgD91PTRL00)

NY1: Brooklyn (http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=9&aid=83531)

[apocolips31]

Horrible

[illnillinois]

word, back on the scene!

[Barrelhse]

I've seen your face before..
It was on the waiting-room floor.

[illnillinois]

I've seen your face before..
It was on the waiting-room floor.

imo :)