Woman dies in hospital waiting room.

[critters]

Is this the woman that bled to death in the ER waiting room, or is this another?

[RICHARD]

Is this the woman that bled to death in the ER waiting room, or is this another?

The woman who bled to death died at the now closed King-Drew hospital here in Lost Angeles....

[Genny]

I didn't hear about that; what happened?

[smokey the elder]

I'm trained as a citizen responder, and was appalled by the people just sitting in the waiting room and the two(!) security guards' actions. I would have been making an @$$ of myself at the receptionists' so they would either have to treat the patient or kick me out.

[RICHARD]

I didn't hear about that; what happened?

A woman sat in a pych hospital waiting room for 24 hours. They have a video tape of her falling out of her chair and dying on the floor while other patients and staff looked on.

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STE,

I hear you.

Sometimes you have to step over the line and make things right, rules be damned.

[RICHARD]

I was reading the paper the other day and I saw a hospital that is putting ATM style machines that will be used to check yourself in for doctor's appointments...


I can hardly wait to see that Cluster F go into operation!!!!!

[DJFyrewolf36]

I saw this on the news the other day and was appalled. I also know the annoyance of questioning doctors. When Nina died, I questioned the doctor as to what possibly could have happened and I ended up getting YELLED at by the doctor. I never did get a real answer either.
The whole medical system in this country is fouled up, and it only seems to get worse. People afraid of getting sued and always wanting to pass the blame onto someone else, sometimes even on to the patient. Its incredibly sad.
I wonder how many more incidents of people not getting help will have to happen before people stand up and start doing the right thing.

[smokey the elder]

I read that the two security guards, the head of security, and several medical personnel were fired over this. It won't bring the poor woman back but points up egregious failures in some of our systems.