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Hospital Negligence Leads to Woman's Death

Posted Jul 1st 2008 8:37PM by Ana Kasparian
Filed under: Young Turks

Six employees at King's County Hospital in Brooklyn have been fired after surveillance revealed a woman who was completely ignored and left to die on the hospital floor. Esmin Green had been waiting in the emergency room for more than 24 hours before she toppled from her chair and fell on ground. Although the waiting room was occupied by other patients, a security guard, and a staff member, no one cared to help Green until more than an hour after her fall.

The surveillance shows the staff member and the security guard noticed Green on the ground at least three times, but they made no attempt to assist her. The security guard didn't even leave his chair. Instead he rolled over to briefly look at Green's body and then rolled back into place.

The AP reports that someone else in the waiting room had to get the attention of another medical staff member before Green received any assistance. By that time, she had already died.

Green was unwillingly admitted in King's County Hospital's psychiatric ward the night before she collapsed. The psychiatric unit received several complaints in the past, and the surveillance of the hospital's negligence is said to have begun new reforms at the center, such as shorter wait time in the emergency room.

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