Woman left for dead on hospital floor for an hour..

Basq

Probably one of the most shocking and disturbing stories I've read in a while:

A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

Esmin Green was involuntarily admitted to the psychiatric emergency department of Kings County Hospital Center on June 18 for what the hospital describes as "agitation and psychosis."

Upon her admission, Green waited nearly 24 hours for treatment, said the civil liberties union, which was among the groups filing suit against the facility last year seeking improved conditions for patients.

The surveillance camera video (and subsequent analysis of the video) is here!

Couldn't help but feel angered!

Thrill

Yeah, I read that last night. It seems impossible that people would ignore someone lying motionless on the floor for so long.

Basq

At first, I'd expect it off patients who may be thinking she's just doing it to get attention.. but laying motionless for so long - and even the security guard ignores her.

It really is unbelievable!

Sherifu

That's pretty shocking.

Steve_o

basquille wrote: »

At first, I'd expect it off patients who may be thinking she's just doing it to get attention.. but laying motionless for so long - and even the security guard ignores her.

It really is unbelievable!

QFT

Unbelievable is the right word!!

mike65

/well, she was dead (obligitory tasteless AH remark)

Mike.

whiskeyman

That'd never happen in Ireland.
If dead, she'd be swiftly chucked out into the morge, so some other sick person could have that valuable floor space.

R0ot

People are just not concerned with others anymore, they live in their own little bubble and ignore most of the world around them. Same kind of thing happened in the states awhile ago too with a guy getting hit by a car and everyone completely ignored him until police arrived.

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=c0c20141-7fa7-4eb9-9920-8ce0ed467476

Sherifu

R0ot wrote: »

People are just not concerned with others anymore, they live in their own little bubble and ignore most of the world around them. Same kind of thing happened in the states awhile ago too with a guy getting hit by a car and everyone completely ignored him until police arrived.

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=c0c20141-7fa7-4eb9-9920-8ce0ed467476

Yep, it reminded me of that aswell.

The Artist

oh my fukcing god:eek:
Thats terrible to see that.
i wont be go over there for holidays now.
Unbelievable so Unbelievable:mad:

Run_to_da_hills

Only in America, she obviously did not have medical insurance or a credit card.

Thrill

R0ot wrote: »

People are just not concerned with others anymore, they live in their own little bubble and ignore most of the world around them. Same kind of thing happened in the states awhile ago too with a guy getting hit by a car and everyone completely ignored him until police arrived.

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=c0c20141-7fa7-4eb9-9920-8ce0ed467476

In that incident four people called the emergency services within 60 seconds of that accident. This took place in a hospital and no-one bothered to even call a nurse or doctor for what looks like an hour.

The end of that hospital footage was not nice to look at. Poor woman.


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arybvtcw0eolkf

I can't find it in google, but does anyone remember the priest who was left to die on the platform of Pierce St (Dublin) last year?.

People and employee's walked past and in some case's stepped over his body.

Its a cruel world we live in.

panda100

That is a shocking video.
I persume this is a public hospital?

Edit:Ahhh Its a public psychiatric hospital,thought as much.

Reku

Remember this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3410547.stm

Finns miss death in tax office

A tax office official in Finland who died at his desk was not found by his colleagues for two days.
The man in his 60s died last Tuesday while checking tax returns, but no-one realised he was dead until Thursday.

The head of personnel at the office in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, said the man's closest colleagues had been out at meetings when he died.

He said everyone at the tax office was feeling dreadful - and procedures would have to be reviewed.

An anonymous government official told BBC News Online the man had been working in his own office with the door closed.

"People thought he wanted to work in peace and no-one disturbed him," the official said.

He was found only when a friend called to have lunch with him.

'Coincidences'

According to the Finnish tabloid newspaper Ilta-Sanomat on Monday, co-workers had assumed the dead man - a tax auditor - was silently poring over returns.

"The reason for this was caused by many coincidences," Anita Wickstroem, director at the Helsinki tax office, told AFP news agency.

"He was very much working alone and often visiting companies, while his friends and colleagues who used to have lunch or coffee with him were busy in meetings or outside the office at the time," she added.

There were about 100 other staff in the auditing department on the same floor the dead tax official worked on.

Suppose they all figured the bad smell was just him being a sneaky bugger with those SBDs, see, were we not so worried about being PC someone would have realised he was dead when they asked him to see a doctor about his BO problem. :P

The Artist

farohar wrote: »

Remember this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3410547.stm

he was shocked to see his tax bill:pac:

Reku

Alan Ford wrote: »

he was shocked to see his tax bill:pac:

Bet he's relieved he doesn't have to see the funeral expenses so.;)

Run_to_da_hills

The only defense that that hospital would have would be that they would regularly get bums admitted from the streets that would be intoxicated or on drugs and staff and security may have mistaken this case as just another one of them.

AckwelFoley

its a public mental hospital in brooklyn.

Public mental hospitals here in ireland have some scary activity going on in them, ive seen it .. so no it doesnt shock me in the slightest.

Loopy

Oh thats very disturbing, what a way to go:(

Run_to_da_hills

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Only in America, she obviously did not have medical insurance or a credit card.

Whare you talking about? It is happening here every day of the week!

Run_to_da_hills

Moonbaby wrote: »

Whare you talking about? It is happening here every day of the week!

Not as bad, at least they will give you some sort of personal attention in the A&E. Were you ever in a hospital in the states?

AckwelFoley

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not as bad, at least they will give you some sort of personal attention in the A&E. Were you ever in a hospital in the states?

yes, i was.

You need to stop watching michael Moores garbage

Run_to_da_hills

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not as bad, at least they will give you some sort of personal attention in the A&E. Were you ever in a hospital in the states?

I know 3 deceased who were left for dead in my local hospital this last year!
The few staff were too busy filling up paper work.

Basq

Moonbaby wrote: »

I know 3 deceased who were left for dead in my local hospital this last year!
The few staff were too busy filling up paper work.

Could you please elaborate on how they were left for dead? Were they writhing around on a hospital floor? Doubt it!

Run_to_da_hills

snyper wrote: »

yes, i was.

You need to stop watching michael Moores garbage

I lived in the States for two years and was in casualty twice both being uninsured and the second time insured. Got the Bill from a private hospital in Seattle from an X-ray dept, the list was the length of my arm and included a bill from your one at the desk, the attendant, doctors, radiograph dept, and I think it even included the two candies that I took from a bowl at reception. The Bill came to $400.00 and this was in 1992. The company I was working for paid the bill and this did not include any subsequent visits.

I gladly paid e75 for a recent casualty bill in Dublin that covered a fracture. This bill covered everything including follow up visits, further X-rays and dressings etc. We can count ourselves very lucky for what we have at present and those on the dole can count themselves even more privilaged.

basquille

basquille wrote: »

Could you please elaborate on how they were left for dead? Were they writhing around on a hospital floor? Doubt it!

As good as. I'm posting other peoples personal details online. End of.

AckwelFoley

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I lived in the States for two years and was in casualty twice both being uninsured and the second time insured. Got the Bill from a private hospital in Seattle from an X-ray dept, the list was the length of my arm and included a bill from your one at the desk, the attendant, doctors, radiograph dept, and I think it even included the two candies that I took from a bowl at reception. The Bill came to $400.00 and this was in 1992. The company I was working for paid the bill and this did not include any subsequent visits.

I gladly paid e75 for a recent casualty bill in Dublin that covered a fracture. This bill covered everything including follow up visits and further X-rays. We can count ourselves very lucky for what we have, those on the dole can count themselves even more privilaged.

medicaid, social insurance. There are any amount of ppl in america that are on this, and i dont think its fair that ppl make out like ppl are left to die on the streets because they cant pay to see a doctor.

Yes, i agree, we have a better system here, but there are too many pencil pushing clerks and over paid consultants and unions that are killing our efficency here.

Steve_o

snyper wrote: »

Yes, i agree, we have a better system here, but there are too many pencil pushing clerks and over paid consultants and unions that are killing our efficency here.

QFT

biko

Thanks but I already had my bowl of shocking news today

Heisenberg.

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