Link: http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/us/florida-woman-removed-hospital-dies/index.html
On December 21, 2015 in Blountstown Florida, 57 year-old Barbara Dawson died shortly after an officer forcibly removed her from a hospital. She was admitted to the Calhoun Liberty Hospital for abdominal pain, but she appeared to be in good health. The hospital staff discharged her, but she refused to leave, shouting “ Please don’t let me die!”. The staff called to police to remove Dawson. ”While we can't discuss her situation directly, we can say we generally only ask patients to be removed when there is a cause for concern about other patients' care or safety”, says a staff member at the medical facility.
Dawson’s family got a hold of the audio recording from the officers dash-cam video on January 7, 2016, which motivated them to take legal action. This recording serves as a crucial piece of evidence in their considered lawsuit against the hospital and Blountstown police. In the video, the officer can be heard saying, ”Here’s what's going to happen. You can walk out of this hospital peacefully or I can take you out of the hospital." Dawson continued to cry out for help. ”Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.”
After she was removed and taken outside, Dawson fell in the parking lot. She was rushed back into the hospital about 20 minutes later after hospital staff checked her vitals. She was declared dead shortly after. A medical examiner report indicated that Dawson had died from a blood clot in her lungs. Calhoun Liberty Hospital said in December, "A pulmonary embolism is often immediate and fatal. It is difficult to detect and can be impossible to treat.”
I think this is a very unfortunate event, and I’m shocked to see that hospitals would turn away someone crying out for help. As medical professions, these hospital staff should take their patient’s words as truth, and do everything in their power to help them.
It's sad how easily this tragedy could've been avoided.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's almost a "what if?" moment . This could've not happened.
ReplyDeleteHonestly the staff of the hospital should have listened. Her death could have been avoided and she could have lived.
ReplyDeleteThomas Duncan's ebola symptoms were disregarded for days because the doctors didn't suspect he had ebola. One female doctor suggested it, but the others ignored her and wouldn't help her test him (a test that had to be done in Austin). Hospital mistakes happen!
ReplyDeleteIts dissapointing to how quick they were able to dismiss her instead of helping or even calling for someone else to help her.
ReplyDeleteThe people must feel great amounts of guilt, for it is them who could have easily prevented her death...it was not just do to outside causes. It is disappointing the amount of hospital mistakes that happen, although it is technically unavoidable.
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