NEW YORK (AP) -- City hospital officials said they were shocked by surveillance footage showing a woman falling from her chair, writhing on the floor and dying as workers failed to help for more than an hour.
Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting in the emergency room for nearly 24 hours when she toppled from her seat at 5:32 a.m. June 19, falling face-down on the floor.
She was dead by 6:35, when someone on the medical staff, flagged down by a person in the waiting room, finally approached, nudged Green with her foot and gently prodded her shoulder, as if to wake her.
The staffer left and returned with someone wearing a white lab coat who examined her and summoned help.
Until the staffer's appearance, Green's collapse barely caused a ripple. Other patients waiting a few feet away didn't react. Security guards and a member of the hospital's staff appeared to notice her prone body at least three times but made no visible attempt to see whether she needed help.
One guard didn't even leave his chair, rolling it around a corner to stare at the body and then rolling away a few moments later.
Green, who had been involuntarily committed the previous morning and had waited overnight for a bed, stopped moving about half an hour after she collapsed.
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which runs the hospital, said six people have been fired as a result of the incident, including security personnel and members of the medical staff.
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Is this how an emergency room operates ? Leaving behind a poor, suffering woman lying on the cold and chilly floor. As shown in the CCTV, it is said that the patient was writhing on the floor for almost an hour and yet, and Yet! no fucking people went to aid her.
Goodness, how much common sense and logic do the people there need to finally come to their bloody senses and start initiating what they must do, which is checking out whether she’s all right or not ? She’s lying on the floor for God Damm Sake.
It won't even take 5 minutes. Just a mere check-up on her, asking whether she’s ok, but NO, even with so many patient around her, sitting bluntly staring at the clock, waiting for time to pass, awaiting for their bloody turn for check up. How fcuking self-centered they are.
I was flabbergasted when the news said "One guard didn't even leave his chair, rolling it around a corner to stare at the body and then rolling away a few moments later."
People there, I hope you guys will go to Hell, or maybe somewhere that even Hell would not accept you. I wish you patients that were there during the incidence die shortly after your treatment and whether it’s lethal or not, you will soon get cancer no matter what.
2-3 weeks ago there was news published in Stars Newspaper, where a guy was injured and hurt badly while he was out searching for help to save his mom. His mom, if I recall aged 6x was suffering from chronic asthma and was gasping for air. There was no time for ambulance, hence, the guy went out and tried to seek help from the nearby transport passing by. A car stopped by, occupied by four men. How fortunate he thought he was, however luck was not his side and without hesitation one of the men assailed the guy when the guy was asking whether he can car pool with them together with his mum to go to the hospital. They left him behind after taking his wallet and other valuable items.
Few hours later, his mom was sent to the hospital but sadly, she passed away before reaching the hospital. (Correct me if I’m wrong) The guy who was robbed was then brought to the hospital as he was badly wounded by the 4 men.
Robbery, rape, murder, stealing. All these are becoming a norm in the society. 2 weeks ago, a friend of mine, J got his phone snatched from a car thieves. They dragged his hand, with his phone in it, till J could no longer grip it. "There goes his SE phone"
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What have the world become today ? …
-BeN
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