Esmin Green
In a video released on June 30, 2008, Esmin Green, a 49-year-old woman from Jamaica, is seen dying on the floor of hospital emergency room in Brooklyn, New York.1
Fast Facts
- Died: June 12, 2008
- Video released on June 30, 2008
- Incident occurred at Kings County Hospital
- Age at death: 49
- Originally from Jamaica
- Admitted to mental health ward for "agitation"1
- Seen falling out of her chair at 5:32 am
- Video contradicts reports on Green's medical chart1
- Green's chart said she was "sitting quietly in waiting room" at 6:20 am1
- Based on the video footage, Green is thought to have died around 6:08 am1
- Hospital currently being sued for alleged mistreatment of mental health patients2
- Cause of death: Blood clots formed in her legs and traveled to her lungs3
- Blood clots are due to long periods of physical inactivity
Course of Events
In the video, Green falls out of her chair, which was positioned in front of the waiting room observation window, 5:32 a.m. She is then seen writhing on the floor and kicking as several patients and two security guards can be seen ignoring her. At 6:04 a.m., Green rolls onto her back and at 6:08 a.m. she stops moving. Finally, a female patient attracts the attention of a staff member and emergency procedures are initiated.1
Hospital's Response
On July 2, Alan Aviles, (President of the New York City's Health and Hospital's Corporation), issued a memo commenting on the event. Aviles admitted that hospital procedure was not followed by security guards, nurses and other staff on the ward. Aviles then appointed Ann Sullivan as the interim administrator for the hospital. He also announced the following changes in King's hospital; the addition of new staff, expansion of crisis prevention training to most workers and a mandate that psychiatric ward patients should be checked at least every 15 minutes.4
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