Regarding events concerning people who were refused treatment by hospital emergency rooms, I remember the first one which stood out after DU began, a woman who was found dead outside the hospital, on the ground.
Just went to look to see what article could be posted on the subject, and was horrified to see once you simply do a search concerning "woman denied treatment told to leave died outside" an enormous number of articles concerning many different women appeared, so many it was shocking. One characteristic tied them all together, they were all people of color.
I could widen the search of course but it would take forever just to continue the articles regarding women of color!
Florida hospital cited for forcing woman who died from ER
FEBRUARY 13, 2016 / 12:02 AM / CBS/AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-hospital-cited-for-forcing-dying-woman-barbara-dawson-from-emergency-room/
Family says Milwaukee woman died after waiting in ER for hours without treatment
By: David Schuman
Posted: Jan 8, 2020 7:49 PM CDT
https://www.cbs58.com/news/family-says-milwaukee-woman-died-after-waiting-in-er-for-hours-without-treatment
Woman dies in ER lobby as 911 refuses to help
Tapes show operators ignored pleas to send ambulance to L.A. hospital
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/19207050/ns/health-health_care/t/woman-dies-er-lobby-refuses-help/#.Xn2KT4hKjDd
Woman forced from Florida hospital dies after arrest; audio of scene released
By Phil Gast, Alina Machado, Ed Danko and Javier De Diego, CNN
Updated 12:52 PM ET, Fri January 8, 2016
barbara dawson hospital death machado lv_00020128
https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/us/florida-woman-removed-hospital-dies/index.html
She collapsed next to the best stroke center.
Her ambulance was turned away.
It was policy.
She died.
By John Diedrich of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 17, 2019
https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2019/1/17/wisconsin-woman-died-after-ambulance-prevented-going-best-closest-hospital.html
This handful just barely scratches the surface on the subject. I still remember the first article I read about a woman abandoned and driven away who died on hospital property. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Knowing there are so many of these situations is unbearable.
How bad does it have to get before change for the better is possible?
Sanctions are a slimy, cowardly form of war. The world can never be civilized until the international bullies are cleansed.
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