wow...

Brooklyn hospital patient left to die in waiting room

Best healthcare system money can buy. Knowing the system in the US, they will probably send a bill to the family for the inconvenience of disturbing their emergency room waiting room or not having the proper insurance. Have we really become a country that doesn't give a damn bout the welfare of our people? Unfortunately, it looks as though that is the case.

Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting in the emergency room for nearly 24 hours when she toppled from her seat at 5:32 a.m. on June 19, falling face down on the floor.

She was dead by 6:35, when someone on the medical staff, flagged down by a person in the waiting room, finally approached, nudged Green with her foot, and gently prodded her shoulder, as if to wake her. The staffer then left and returned with someone wearing a white lab coat who examined her and summoned help.

(Americablog)