and while i totally believe that security guards would do this, the doctor's actions surprised me. the ones who work at these places are total bleeding hearts usually. which makes me think this doc knew this woman and simply dismissed this as an act.
One has to keep in mind that this was a psychiatric ER.
While somebody throwing themselves on the floor or being sprawled out on the floor at any other ER would immediately raise alarms, maybe having psychiatric patients on the floor was something to be expected from that population.
Imagine being at a restaurant at 7:00 PM and somebody is sprawled on the floor. Something is definitely wrong.
Imagine being on a downtown street at 7:00 PM a block away from that restaurant and a homeless man is lying on the sidewalk with his eyes closed. How many times have we walked past such a person without thinking twice about it?
And you are sure of this because of some facts you read somewhere? Or is speculate the word you maybe mighta shoulda used?
I’m glad you are of sound mind and body.
or just maybe he dismissed it as "well, she finally fell asleep" = after having sat in a hard chair for 24 hours = and, according to the report, patients were sometimes left even longer.
Try sitting for 24 hours in a chair like that - probably without food or water...and see if you might roll off, inable to keep awake.
This shows exactly what Government run Health Care will bring.
That being said, there is absolutely no defense of a Health Care Professional, Doctor, Nurse, Aide, whatever, or security person allowing a human being to suffer and die in an ER while they did nothing.