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4monkeys
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Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
Did anyone else catch this on the news yesterday ?
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A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility, newly released tapes of the emergency calls reveal.
Edith Isabel Rodriguez, 43, died of a perforated bowel on May 9 at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. Her death was ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
Relatives said Rodriguez was vomiting blood and writhing in pain for 45 minutes while she was at a hospital waiting area. Experts have said she could have survived had she been treated early enough
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I sat and watched this, completely stunned (and disgusted). I would have broken down every door in that hospital, CEO included.   
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Re: Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
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| Posted 6/15/07 2:45 PM |
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4monkeys
boys will be boys =)
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Re: Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
woops, didnt realize it.
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| Posted 6/15/07 2:46 PM |
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Kate07
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Re: Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
I saw it on CNN. I am outraged and was sick to my stomach when I saw that.
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| Posted 6/15/07 3:07 PM |
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Briannasmommy
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Re: Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
that is so sad
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| Posted 6/15/07 5:15 PM |
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Re: Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
I work as a paramedic and a 911 dispatcher in MI. I'm not sure what the laws are in other states, but in MI we can not go to a hospital and transport someone from anywhere in the hospital unless it is a transfer. Meaning if you call 911 and want to leave because you do not like the care you are getting or you do not think you are being seen fast enough we can not come get you unless you leave the hospital. We have 2 hospital within a 3/4 mile radius and our freq. 911 pt's know that if they walk accross the street we have to come get them and then we can take the across the river to the other hospital since they have the choice of where they can go. What happened is horrible and the hospital is the only people to blame, but in all fairness there may be more to the story that we don't know about. I have seen somethings that really make you question people and the motives they have. I am not saying this isn't true...what I am saying is that people never cease to amaze me, and in a large inner city hospitals and paramedics/911 dispatchers see and hear things that would blow you away. I had a lady call 911 screaming that she was dying and bleeing everywhere her husband was hysterical and also screaming she was dying. The crew got there and she had a paper cut........yes a paper cut. Just some food for thought
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luvsbob4603
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Re: Sad news story - CALL TO 911 FROM ER, and still no help ! Sad ending
This infuriates me.... I hope they sue'her family' the hospital for not helping her this could have been prevented and she would still be alive if they would have helped her on time.
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| Posted 6/16/07 8:09 AM |
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