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Grandma, 68, on oxygen dies after company cuts electricity due to alleged overdue bill, family says
http://www.foxnews.com/ ^ | 7/9/18 | Katherine Lam

Posted on 07/09/2018 2:18:07 PM PDT by BBell

A 68-year-old New Jersey grandmother died last week after a company shut off her electricity because of an overdue bill -- which cut off the oxygen tank she relied on to keep breathing, a family member said.

Linda Daniels, who is in hospice care, was in her Newark home on Thursday for hours after her oxygen tank and air-conditioning were shut off around 10 a.m., NJ.com reported. Her family said they were with Daniels pleading with PSE&G to turn on the electricity until the 68-year-old died just before 4:30 p.m. from heart failure.

"She was trying to catch her breath — she was gasping for air," Daniels’ granddaughter, Mia, 28, told the news site Sunday. "She suffered and she passed right in front of us. She was gasping until the time she died."

Desiree Washington, Daniels’ daughter, added that the family made “numerous calls” to the utility company, but its response came too late.

"They told us they would be rolling a truck. The truck did not come until the next day,” Washington said.

Mia added: "They started getting nasty after awhile, telling us they had too many tickets out on this.”

--snip--

He added that PSE&G did not know about Daniels’ medical condition until after the power was shut off.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: elderly; electricity; grandma
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To: NohSpinZone

Oxygen concentrator unit. Thats the kind that process the air.


101 posted on 07/09/2018 4:00:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Like this lady, my mother was under hospice care and had a plug-in electric concentrator. Visit a hospital or care facility or medical supply house or ,...

Google.


102 posted on 07/09/2018 4:00:47 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: BBell

cutting off the power to such medical needs cases is strictly illegal in some states at least

i bet there will be some sort of criminal charges announced soon in this case


103 posted on 07/09/2018 4:02:30 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: BBell

Yes, the family is also responsible, they could have paid the bill to keep the power on.


104 posted on 07/09/2018 4:03:13 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Vermont Lt

” If she were on hospice, living on her own the Hospice folks would have been aware of the situation. They could have (and would have) contacted the utility.”

You would have to call the hospice provider. They are not telepathic.


105 posted on 07/09/2018 4:03:17 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: SkyDancer

https://www.oxygenconcentratorstore.com

Look at the link.

They are called oxygen concentrators and are very common.


106 posted on 07/09/2018 4:14:20 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave

Tnx!


107 posted on 07/09/2018 4:17:03 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: faithhopecharity

The power company has to know there is a person that has medical needs first


108 posted on 07/09/2018 4:35:22 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: TexasGator

They come to the house. They are there just about every day.


109 posted on 07/09/2018 4:39:10 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BBell

No oxygen for several hours.

Died surrounded by her family.

Question Number One....

Did Grandma have a large life insurance policy?


110 posted on 07/09/2018 4:39:25 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

I think they think her life is worth a large settlement.


111 posted on 07/09/2018 4:44:44 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: TexasGator

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Visit reality!

Electric generation is not a long term solution; it is mostly for portable short term use.


112 posted on 07/09/2018 4:44:44 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SkyDancer

Sounds like it.

This is the common leftist tactic.


113 posted on 07/09/2018 4:46:02 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: VeniVidiVici

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None of this article “adds up.”


114 posted on 07/09/2018 4:46:53 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: NorthMountain

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I had one of those; it threw a rod before the first tank was used up.


115 posted on 07/09/2018 4:48:50 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SkyDancer

They are oxygen concentrators. But should have had back-uptanks. I guess they were gambling tge power would never go out, even by natural causes. Grandma lost.


116 posted on 07/09/2018 4:49:22 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

A concentrator is what my mother had. It is powered by electricity and it concentrates the oxygen right out of the air. That is used in a home environment or a hospital.

The oxygen tanks are what patients use to run errands etc.


117 posted on 07/09/2018 4:54:25 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: TexasGator

Ah, OK.


118 posted on 07/09/2018 4:59:28 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: BBell

Way too exhausted today to read full article, so I know my comments are risky.

But, WHAT?

Was this woman so incapacitated they could not a) take her to THEIR home b) take her to hospital c) call ambulance?

Why were they haranguing with the utilities? Why not give that up and just take care of her immediate needs? Deal with the utilitiy later!


119 posted on 07/09/2018 5:12:35 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: BBell

correct


120 posted on 07/09/2018 5:12:56 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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