Report: Pa. hospital erred as dying man was robbed

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[JoeProBono]

A Pennsylvania Health Department report says a nurse twice called the name of a Philadelphia man who died of a heart attack in a hospital waiting room but never went to look for him.

The report issued Thursday found that hospital staff first called 63-year-old Joaquin (wah-KEEN') Rivera's name 17 minutes after he arrived at Aria Health's Frankford campus on Nov. 28. He had already stopped moving.

Hospital personnel checked on Rivera an hour after he arrived only when another patient alerted staff he wasn't moving.

Police say Rivera's watch was stolen after he lost consciousness.....

[from occupied ga]

more like he got overlooked and died, because the hospital was overwhelmed with hordes of deadbeats who it’s legally mandated to treat just like the non-deadbeats.

How does that reconcile with all of the deadbeats who use the ER for their day to day problems and dilute the care available to legitimate users of the ER which it certainly appears that Mr Revera was. For all we know they were busy with some kid with a belly ache and ignored him.

[TASMANIANRED]

Sad...