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  • County investigates a death at King-Harbor (part 2)

    05/21/2007 7:17:29 AM PDT · by restornu · 4 replies · 289+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | May 15, 2007 | By Charles Ornstein, Times Staff Writer
    Edith Isabel Rodriguez died in the custody of Los Angeles County police, who had discovered she had violated her parole and were preparing to take her to jail. Officials from those agencies would say little about the incident, but family members said there was no doubt that what happened was wrong. Rodriguez, who went by the nickname Chavela, had gone to King-Harbor on the morning of May 8 because of intense abdominal pain. Her boyfriend, Jose Prado, went to get something to eat; when he returned an hour later, he found Rodriguez on the floor in the emergency room lobby...
  • Tale of last 90 minutes of woman's life [Los Angeles' King Hospital ignores patient to death]

    05/20/2007 10:52:28 AM PDT · by John Jorsett · 176 replies · 4,335+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 20 May 2007 | Charles Ornstein
    In the emergency room at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, Edith Isabel Rodriguez was seen as a complainer. "Thanks a lot, officers," an emergency room nurse told Los Angeles County police who brought in Rodriguez early May 9 after finding her in front of the Willowbrook hospital yelling for help. "This is her third time here." The 43-year-old mother of three had been released from the emergency room hours earlier, her third visit in three days for abdominal pain. She'd been given prescription medication and a doctor's appointment. Turning to Rodriguez, the nurse said, "You have already been seen, and...