This whole article was so engrossing and unbelievable that I gasped reading every part of it. You wouldn't believe that a human life would be so devalued. I honestly hope that someone finds the head nurse and beats her black, blue, purple, and any other colors she can turn. The hospital needs to be shut down permanently, and the cops need to share some of the blame in the senseless loss. I hope that family sues the shit out of anyone connected so this can be a lesson to all hospitals, health care workers, private practitioners, and officers of the law.
BTW, you should always have a patient's right advocate with you at the hospital. If you can help it, do not go alone, and do not let your advocate be a punk. S/he has to be firm. Being a beast would be helpful, too.
Tale of last 90 minutes of woman's life
County officials express dismay at the events surrounding the recent controversial death at King-Harbor hospital. One nurse has resigned.
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 there is nothing we can do," according to a report by the county office of public safety, which provides security at the hospital.
Parked in the emergency room lobby in a wheelchair after police left, she fell to the floor. She lay on the linoleum, writhing in pain, for 45 minutes, as staffers worked at their desks and numerous patients looked on.
Aside from one patient who briefly checked on her condition, no one helped her. A janitor cleaned the floor around her as if she were a piece of furniture. A closed-circuit camera captured everyone's apparent indifference.
Read the rest of this foolishness here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king20may20,0,6057993.story?coll=la-home-center
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