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JamieC · July 1st, 2008, 02:50 PM

FOXNews.com - Video Shows Woman Ignored While Dying in New York Mental Hospital - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Stunning video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn hospital shows a woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency room while staffers ignore her.

The video was released by lawyers suing Kings County Hospital alleging neglect and abuse of mental health patients at the medical facility.

The video shows the 49-year-old woman falling out of her chair at about 5:30 a.m. June 19, then lying face-down on the floor and thrashing around before going still. The woman died.

People nearby, including two security guards, do nothing to help. An hour passes before a fellow patient finally gets the attention of a staffer.

The tape also suggests that staff at the hospital might have faked medical charts belonging to the victim, Esmin Green, to cover her lack of treatment, the New York Daily News reported.

Her medical chart claims the Jamaica native got up to walk to the bathroom when she was actually writhing on the floor, the News reported. The records also have Green sitting quietly in her chair when she was already dead.

"Thank God for the videotape because no one would have believed this could have happened," Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Daily News.

The agency that runs the municipal hospital — the city's Health and Hospitals Corp. — fired six staffers, including the two security guards.

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That's a dayum shame because that could've been someones mother or grandmother.

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JamieC SuperModerator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, Ca Baby And Proud Of It!! Gender: Posts: 5,947 Thanks: 59 Thanked 85 Times in 72 Posts Rep Power: 54 Credits: 23,762	Video Shows Woman Ignored While Dying in New York Mental Hospital FOXNews.com - Video Shows Woman Ignored While Dying in New York Mental Hospital - Local News \| News Articles \| National News \| US News Tuesday, July 01, 2008 BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Stunning video from a surveillance camera at a Brooklyn hospital shows a woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency room while staffers ignore her. The video was released by lawyers suing Kings County Hospital alleging neglect and abuse of mental health patients at the medical facility. The video shows the 49-year-old woman falling out of her chair at about 5:30 a.m. June 19, then lying face-down on the floor and thrashing around before going still. The woman died. People nearby, including two security guards, do nothing to help. An hour passes before a fellow patient finally gets the attention of a staffer. The tape also suggests that staff at the hospital might have faked medical charts belonging to the victim, Esmin Green, to cover her lack of treatment, the New York Daily News reported. Her medical chart claims the Jamaica native got up to walk to the bathroom when she was actually writhing on the floor, the News reported. The records also have Green sitting quietly in her chair when she was already dead. "Thank God for the videotape because no one would have believed this could have happened," Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Daily News. The agency that runs the municipal hospital — the city's Health and Hospitals Corp. — fired six staffers, including the two security guards. ____ That's a dayum shame because that could've been someones mother or grandmother. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. It's Like That

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