Posted on 07/01/2008 12:06:10 PM PDT by Smogger
NEW YORK - Video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn hospital shows a woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency room while people nearby ignore her.
The video was released Monday by lawyers suing Kings County Hospital alleging neglect and abuse of mental health patients at the facility.
The video shows the 49-year-old woman keeling over and falling out of her chair on June 19 and lying facedown on the floor, then thrashing before going still. About an hour passed before someone realized what was happening and tried to help.
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When I was a kid and we used the military hospitals, I discovered that the fastest way to get seen was to bleed on their floor! Boy, those places made me swear off socialized medicine forever!
They should never have released all of those people—it wasn’t fair to them, and frankly, from a public health POV it’s not good for the rest of us. I’m sure those places were bad, but it would seem to me that we could have done a better thing.
susie
Amen to that! I object much less to my pocket being picked to help those who are not able to help themselves than to providing for those who are able but unwilling. But I prefer to be charitable by choice, not by force!
To be able to make a racist remark like that, you could not have been paying attention when you watched the video. The first security guard was white as snow, but he walked away and did nothing. A white doctor looked, walked away, and did nothing. The majority of the blacks I saw their were patients. I don’t think I would look for help from a mental patient be they black, white or any other color, but I would expect a security guard and especially a doctor to provide aide and not walk away.
In the future, watch more carefully and maybe you will be able to keep your deep seated hatred hidden longer next time. Then you might be able to live up to your screen name.
You're the one boiling over with hatred.
I worked in Kings County Hospital over thirty years ago. It was a frightening place then. I see it has not improved one bit. (And I thought having Son of Sam in G ward was scary.)
I too am willing to put money into something that I think is a worthwhile cause..although I don’t think simply throwing money at anything is a good idea... My main gripe is the way the mentally ill are dealt with in every step of their process..someone needs to look into mental health reform in this country and stop treating the mentally ill like our dirty little secret.
“I agree with you. They were mental too, this means their minds were out there past the Planet Neptune. I doubt their was much they could do.”
Just because they were mentally ill, does not make them stupid, retarded, or incapable of thought. There are many mentally ill people who are capable of functioning on a standard adult level, but who need proper medication to do so. I’ve known many intelligent, creative, contributing members of society that had a mental illness. I’ve known plenty of the mentally ill who could reason better than most liberals.
I yawn in your general direction. I happened to say you “might” be onto something there.
God forbid someone speculates something without being branded a racist.
Get a life.
Reagan played a big part in Californa, as did Brown Jr. Doctor's and civil libertarians were in favor, after all some folks who had no business being in a hospital were being kept prisoner.
The assumption was you were going to get a huge cost savings by taking everyone out of hospitals and just sticking them on meds. Come to realize the cost savings weren't what they were cracked up to be, and for many patients medication is no substitute for good professional care.
Just a remarkably dumb comment there FRiend.
http://allnurses.com/forums/f18/what-most-ridiculous-thing-patient-came-er-70657-105.html
Sorry I remain html challenged. Could Free Republic add a button or something where they have the spell check that would list html codes for easy access to those of us so challenged?
That poor woman, in the company of others, died alone. Writhing in pain on the floor whilst professional healthcare providers were just inches away.
Are you kidding? Haven't you heard? In a liberal's (and the left who like to call themselves conservatives) mind, there is no greater crime! Murder, big deal; rape, pfftt. You uttered words that were interpreted as racist! We all now have to form a ring around you and pelt you with epithets. We should let your employer know! We should call the ACLU! You are evil and we feel that you are due severe punishment.
Truth? Come on, don't change the subject. You won't get away with using something as irrelevant as the truth. Shame on you!
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