Woman on oxygen dies after power cut off to her home

[Roland99]

http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/nj-woman-dependent-on-oxygen-tank-dies-after-company-cuts-off-power-to-home

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The family of a New Jersey woman who relied on electric-powered oxygen to breathe says she died after New Jersey's largest utility cut off service at her house.

Desiree Washington says her 68-year-old mother died Thursday, hours after Public Service Enterprise Group cut power because she owed money on her account.

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But Washington says $500 was paid to the utility two days before the power was shut off. PSEG did not say whether they received that payment.

[totodeinhere]

1. By law utilities are not allowed to cut off power in that situation.

Whoever is responsible for this needs to be prosecuted.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Wow! I asked SDG and E (San Diego)

if my payment was late would they cut my power and they said no way and they would work something out. They said they never would do what NJ did.

[mucifer]

3. That's horrific. I hope she had morphine. That's a terrible way to die without an opioid.

[Dr Vegas]

4. Hospice?

When Hospice put my parents on Oxygen, there was special Paperwork that had to be in place with the Local Electric Company.
There are State Programs in place to assist those can't afford their utility bills. When I became disabled they were offered to me, but I use my disability Check to pay my bills, plus I had a roommate. I guess I was lucky

[McCamy Taylor]

5. They are not allowed to cut off her oxygen. Heads need to roll on this one.

[The Genealogist]

6. In other words, a utility company murdered a woman

Whoever gave the order to turn off the power needs to be charged with murder.

[a kennedy]

8. Exactly.

[a kennedy]

7. Murder

Now get an attorney and bring them up on murder charges. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.