| 纽约爆特大丑闻:病人候诊24小时身亡 院方视若无睹 2008/07/03 |
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纽约爆特大丑闻:病人候诊24小时身亡 院方视若无睹 美国纽约市国王县医院日前惊爆特大丑闻，医院监控录像显示，一名49岁女病人在该医院精神病区的急诊候诊室中摔倒在地长达一小时竟无一人理睬，等医护人员闻讯赶来救治她时，这名女病人早已气绝身亡。当这名女病人在地板上挣扎和死亡时，至少有两名医院警卫目睹了这一切，但他们却像没事人一样视若无睹，没有采取任何急救措施。这起医院丑闻震惊了整个纽约，纽约市卫生和医院协会承诺将对此事展开全面调查，并称已有6人遭到解雇。 候诊室漫长等待不支倒地 这名49岁的女病人名叫埃斯敏·格林，来自牙买加的她因为情绪极度不稳定、精神错乱在6月18日被送进了国王县医院。为了等候床位，格林在医院精神科急诊病房的候诊室中等待了将近24个小时！6月19日凌晨5:32，格林开始用手揪着自己的腹部，从候诊室的椅子上摔倒在地。 当格林倒地时，候诊室中还有另外两名病人，但他们并没有采取任何措施。当格林四肢张开、脸朝下趴在地板上时，一名医院警卫在5:53走进了候诊室，但他朝格林看了20秒钟后，就像没事人一样转身离开候诊室，他没有向医务人员发出任何急救警告！     痛苦挣扎气绝身亡 格林一开始还在地板上痛苦挣扎，包括挪动、蹬腿，并试图用手在地板上写一些字。但凌晨6:08，她的身体就不再有任何动静。两分钟后，另一名坐在可移动椅子上的医院警卫进入了监控摄像头范围，但他只转动椅子朝地上的格林看了一眼，就视若无睹地把椅子转回了原来的方向，并离开了摄像镜头范围，整个过程中他的屁股始终没有离开过椅子。 直到凌晨6:36、格林倒地后一小时，一名女病人终于喊来了一名护士，这名护士进入候诊室对格林进行检查后，这才发觉她早已气绝身亡。 医院篡改病历隐瞒真相 更让当地居民怒火中烧的是，医院在格林死于候诊室中后，竟然还篡改她的病历，试图歪曲视听，隐瞒真相。 譬如6月19日凌晨6:08，格林已经倒在地上没有任何动静，可医院却在她的病历上称她当时仍“处于清醒状态、能够四处走动，包括上厕所”。凌晨6:20时，格林已经在候诊室死亡，但她的病历上却称她当时“平静地坐在候诊室中等待”。 纽约市民自由联盟官员唐娜·利伯曼说：“感谢上帝我们获得了这盘录像带，否则没有任何人会相信发生的一切。” 无良医院受到起诉 目前纽约市国王县医院已经受到了忽视和虐待精神病人的指控，这份起诉书还指控国王县医院篡改病历试图掩盖丑闻真相。 纽约市卫生和医院协会在一份声明中说：“发生的一切让我们深感震惊，我们向患者家属表示深深的哀悼，我们将对此展开彻底调查。”纽约市卫生和医院协会还称目前已有6人遭到解雇，其中包括两名在监控录像中出现的警卫以及另外4名负有疏忽责任的医院员工。据悉，今年5月，国王县医院就已经因为“残忍”虐待病人而受到了3个组织的联合起诉。 Hospital neglect prompts NY pledge  The woman had been waiting for 24 hours before she collapsed and died. New York officials have agreed to introduce reforms after surveillance video showed staff ignoring the plight of a woman who lay dying on the floor of a hospital emergency room. The 49-year-old woman collapsed after waiting for assistance in her wheelchair for 24 hours. The hospital officials' pledge to improve healthcare made in court on Tuesday follows the airing of footage showing that staff apparently did nothing for an hour after she fell. Esmin Green had been waiting in the emergency room of King County Hospital in Brooklyn for nearly 24 hours when she toppled from her seat at 5:32 am on June 19 and fell 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 and nudged Green with her foot. Ignored Security guards and a member of the hospital's staff appeared to notice her prone body at least three times, but made no visible attempt to see if she needed help. One guard, who did not leave his chair, rolled it around a corner to stare at the body and then rolled away a few moments later. The video footage showed that other patients waiting nearby did not react. The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, which runs the hospital, said six people have been fired as a result, including security personnel and members of the medical staff. Alan Aviles, the corporation's president, said in a statement that officials will carry out "a thorough investigation to answer any questions that remain". The psychiatric unit at the hospital had already been a subject of complaints by advocates for the mentally ill. | |||||
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