More info on the infuriating Barbara Dawson case --- the African American woman

[pnwmom]

kicked out of a FL hospital while dying of a blot clot in her lungs. She was screaming in pain and saying she couldn’t breathe. She collapsed in the hospital parking lot and it was 18 minutes before a doctor examined her and sent her back into the ER.

Her autopsy said she died of a pulmonary embolism – a blood clot in her lungs. These blood clots can cause shortness of breath and pain. She was never given a lung scan, despite having these symptoms. They just decided she was faking and kicked her out.

This case really gets to me because I've had breathing issues in my life -- there's not much that's scarier than feeling like you're suffocating. She was dying right in front of their eyes and they just refused to believe her.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027596596

Here’s the audio on the 18 minute incident with the police.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027597281

[FrenchieCat]

1. Just wow!

[pnwmom]

2. It's just mind boggling. How people could be so hard-hearted to a woman

who wasn't threatening anyone -- just crying for help.

And I don't give the police officer a pass on this. When she collapsed, that should have been a sign to him that maybe the hospital had been wrong. What would he have lost by calling in for her to be checked out? Nothing.

[wildeyed]

3. “I can’t breathe”

This phrase, again. I can't breathe.

I don't even understand why they wouldn't help her. She was at a hospital because she was sick, but they threw her out on the pavement? I can't listen to the audio.

[pnwmom]

4. I forced myself to listen because I wanted to hear the police reaction. Almost nothing

except him telling her that she should stand up, cooperate, and it would be easier for her.

Until I heard someone say that her pulse was 7.

[gollygee]

5. Horrifying and heartbreaking. :( n/t