令人作嘔...伏 屍 急 症 室 一 句 鐘 無 人 理 精神病院

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　　(星島日報報道)一名婦人在紐約布魯克林區一間精神病院急症室等看病等了差不多二十四小時後，突然從椅子上倒地。她最初還在扭動身體，但不久後完全不動。令人齒冷的是，她倒在那兒一個小時，當值的醫護人員及保安竟然視若無睹，無人上前理會。最後女病人被發現已經死亡。整個過程被保安攝錄機拍下，隨即在當地引起震動，人權團體和社會人士紛紛譴責醫護人員失職，又慨歎時下人與人之間的關係冷漠。

　　紐約民權組織公民自由聯盟（CLU）高調地公開這宗令人心寒的事件，也發放攝錄機所拍得的片段。女死者的家人已委託律師入稟法院，控告該家醫院的醫護人員失職及虐待病人。事發後，兩名保安及四名醫院職員被院方開除。

　　事發於當地時間六月十九日下午，四十九歲婦人艾絲敏‧格林（Esmin Green）在非自願的情況下，被送到布魯克林區的國王縣醫院（Kings County Hospital）。院方指她的精神狀態有異常，情緒激動，需要接受二十四小時觀察。

　　錄影片段顯示，她本來是坐在椅上等候的，突然滾在地上，當時是五時三十三分。初時她還不停地扭動身體，但到六時○八分，她便毫無動靜，面部朝下。

　　期間，附近的人包括兩名保安人員，都沒有上前協助。其中一名保安人員明明見到她倒在地上，但看了約二十秒後便迅速走開。另一名保安人員更加誇張，搬了張椅子，看熱鬧似的動也不動。一名醫護人員經過， 也沒有理會。

　　六時三十五分，即艾絲敏倒地後超過一小時，終於有一名醫護人員走近，用自己的腳輕輕推她，這時才發覺她已死去。三分鐘後，其他醫護人員才走來幫忙。

　　據紐約《每日新聞》報道，當局懷疑曾經有醫護人員涉嫌偽造醫療紀錄，藉以隱瞞這宗事件。有關方面初時收到的紀錄，指艾絲敏曾經自行起來去洗手間，後來安靜地坐在椅上，最後不知何故死去，但錄影帶顯示實情並不是這樣。

　　紐約公民自由聯盟總幹事利伯曼說，事件關乎到人的尊嚴，幸虧有保安攝錄機幫忙，才揭露整件事件的真相。負責管理該精神病院的紐約市生及醫院管理局經初步調查後，下令革除六名醫院職員，包括兩名保安員。

　　該局發表聲明，對事件表示震驚和難過。紐約市長彭博說，他也看過那段錄影片段，指內容「令人作嘔」。
2008-07-03

saw the clip on news last night. disturbing.

mominggaigai

Just want to let you guys know that emergency is not a first come first serve place.  It depends on the severity/acuity of each pt.  Pt just having stomach/abdominal pain + vomiting(which is what a lot of ppl are there for) are usually not seen first as there are many many ppl having chest pains, respiratory problems, etc who needs to be seen first.  Also, for abdominal pain + vomiting, usually ppl are sent to the treatment section of emergency.  It is not all up to the doctors/nurses as you need a room in order to be seen.  If all beds are taken, you have to wait.  While you wait, I hope you understand that a lot of other staffs are trying to move the ppl in emergency beds/stretchers to a ward, and there are many times that wards have limited beds available.  That's why ppl in hospital are discharged right away, so that there are empty beds for other ppl from emergency.

kaimui22

Last time I went to the emergency, there was a chinese lady who was complaining of headache, dizziness and fainting. She didn't speak a word of english and refused the help of a translator..she insisted the hospital staff call her daughter. When he daughter arrived, her daughter was so mad at her mom and started yelling at her in the emergency waiting area. Turns out, the mom walks to the emergency room every other day and pretends to be sick so her daughter would come see her...the daughter was yelling at her mom for at least 1/2 hour and she tried translating for her mom while she was being admitted by the nurses. The daughter was mad because everytime she goes to work, her mom walks to emergency...in the end, she left her mom in the hospital, even though the staff told her she cannot go because she was needed to help translate for her mom. Once the daughter left, we saw her mom walk around as if nothing happened and she stopped acting "sick". Eventually the mom walked out of emergency and went home alone.

This is a really good example of people misusing the medical care for attention...it's sad that the lady had to resort to using medical emergency to get her daughter's attention...but because of this lady, everyone's care was delayed for at least 1/2 to 1 hour while they were trying to find her daughter and help her translate...sigh

Another time I went, there was this lady admitted into emergency who refused to be tested or even touched by nurses...she kept yelling that she would only trust doctors but usually there's only 1 or 2 doctors and 10 nurses around...so she kept yelling and yelling and refusing to be treated until a doctor saw her...

阿邊個邊個

good thing that hospital has a security camera at the corner....

weird thing is.... that lady at the lower left corner had been sitting there the whole time and i don't see her move an inch?

華美子

My experience with the emergency room services in Richmond Hospital was not bad at all.

First time was sent by ambulance.  Although I waited for 6 hours in bed but the paramedics always attend to me for that 6 hours.  I ended up having an operation done that night.

Second time I went there was in the middle of the night.  I was lucky enough that there were no one waiting in the reception and I only had to wait for 15 minutes.  A nurse was with me all the time and after the treatment a paramedic was helping me out and he even told jokes to make me feel better.

Third time was during the day.  There were lots of people waiting and I had to wait for 2 to 3 hours.  Everything went smoothly.  No one gave me any hard time.

I am not sure about other people's experience with the hospital here.  I think some medical staff do have temper after working under stress for such a long time, and some staff are just sick of people abusing the emergency services.  I remember the second time when I was in the emergency room there was an old lady next to me.  she kept whinning of her back problem and she didn't want to move a bit when the nurse helped her to change her diaper (that old lady was more than 200 lbs).  The nurse was mad at her because she knows the old lady was just over react.

[ 本帖最後由 華美子 於 2008-7-4 12:50 編輯 ]

news

wow this is sick..but its a county hospital...most of them are no good

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puZZle

can anyone give the link to the vid please?

布小熊

I actually got inside right away once because of an allergic reaction. My whole face was swollen and esp skin above 1 of my eyes. I could hardly see thro that eye. I must had look scary.