Re: N.Y. hospital staff ignored patient as she lay dying
This is just about the most despicable thing I've seen in years. I was listening to CNNradio on XM in the car yesterday, and they had a very informative take on the situation. Apparently it happened in the psychiatric ward of a hospital which was already in the process of being sued for negligence. Also, there is a check-in counter just off camera less that FOUR FEET away from where she collapsed. And yet they let that woman die. A psych ward is supposed to help these people, yet their own patients are treated like 2nd class citizens or worse. Then, once she died, the hospital straight up lied on the incident report to try to cover their ass. When caught in the lie, their withdrawal was SO lame. This is situation is unbelievably f-ed. Some of the experts on CNN said this hospital is basically at the mercy of the federal judge assigned to the case. I hope he crushes them.
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