Video Shows Woman Dying on NY Hospital Floor

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July 01, 2008

PlusVideo Shows Woman Dying on NY Hospital FloorVideo Shows Woman Dying on NY Hospital FloorThe Associated PressAt a New York hospital, officials agreed in court Tuesday to implement reforms at a psychiatric ward where surveillance footage captured a woman falling from her chair and dying as workers failed to help. (July 1)(New York)) A sad death in New York City. Surveillance cameras at a city-run psychiatric hospital emergency room in Brooklyn capture a woman falling from a chair, writhing on the floor and dying. Hospital staff and other patients watch and do nothing for more than an hour. One guard doesn't even leave his chair, rolling it around the corner to stare at the body. The New York Civil Liberties Union sued the facility, Kings County Hospital Center, last year over the way it treats psychiatric patients. ((Donna Lieberman, NY Civil Liberties Union)) "A chamber of filth, decay, indifference and danger and seeks an end to the culture of abuse and neglect where patients are regularly ignored and those that dare advocate for themselves are punished with forcible injections of psychotropic drugs."The city's medical examiner has yet to determine why the woman, 49-year old Esmin green, died on June 20th. She had been waiting in the emergency room for nearly 24 hours. ((Rob Cohen, Lawyer Suing Hospital)) "There is a culture of indifference to patients that permeates every aspect of KCHC's psychiatric care." The city-run agency that runs the hospital released a statement, saying: "We are shocked and distressed by the situation. It is clear that some of our employees failed to act based on our compassionate standards of care. (The hospital has) directed the suspension and termination of those involved." ---- Alan Aviles, Kings County Hospital Center The surveillance video eventually shows a member of the medical staff attending to Green. But it's too late, she had already died. Ted Shaffrey, The Associated Press, New York ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE:-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER:------------------------------V IDEO SOURCE:--------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL:------------------------------V IDEO RESTRICTIONS:--------------------------- -------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:

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donotcaremuch (1 hour ago) Show Hide

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Apparently more than you guys down there. If you had common sense, you would know we do not actually talk like that. Stop watching so much tv...

stevebailey69 (2 hours ago) Show Hide

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Not in my country. Security guard would've gotten a nurse as soon as he saw the patient on the floor.

JugAChave (3 hours ago) Show Hide

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one less black person to suck up all the tax dollars. looks like a win win situation to me.

JugAChave (3 hours ago) Show Hide

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They have common sense in Canada? Go figure eh

AdamGontierLoverFE11 (5 hours ago) Show Hide

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Useless guards and people why would they just sit there and watch her die?? Idiots

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rahsaanmaster (23 hours ago) Show Hide

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im pissed what the fuk were they doing thats thier job they should be fuking fired

donotcaremuch (1 day ago) Show Hide

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Common sense goes a long way up here in Canada...

donotcaremuch (1 day ago) Show Hide

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Bullshit. I am a nurse and regardless if the person has a history of being an 'attention seeker' as you put it, if a human being starts falling to the floor and doesn't move after, YOU-CHECK-ON-THE-PATIENT....

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los americanos son lo peor del mundo. solo saben comer hamburguesas. muerte a los americanos

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