Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Family files lawsuit over death in psych ward

Family files lawsuit over death in psych ward
Woman collapsed on floor of NYC ER and was ignored for an hour
updated 4 minutes ago
NEW YORK - The daughter of a woman who died unnoticed on the floor of a hospital psychiatric unit called Tuesday for criminal prosecution of the workers who did nothing to help her.

“What I want is justice,” Tecia Harrison said, hours after her family notified the hospital, the city and the city’s Health and Hospitals Corporation that they intend to file a $25 million lawsuit.

“Whoever committed a criminal act should be held responsible.”

Surveillance footage showed the death of Esmin Elizabeth Green, 49, who collapsed face-down on the floor of the Kings County Hospital Center’s psychiatric emergency waiting room, where she had been for nearly 24 hours.
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