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  • July 2008

    • Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

      CNN  |  Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT

      Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

      (Newser) - The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to the floor and convulsing, with no one checking on her for an hour. She had sat in the waiting room for more than 24 hours. More »

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      New York City  • health care  • hospital  • Brooklyn  • autopsy  • negligence  • blood clots  • psychiatric treatment center  • deep vein thrombosis  • Esmin Green

    • Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

      CNN  |  Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT

      Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

      (Newser) - The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up and about when she was actually lying ignored on the floor, dying. More »

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      New York City  • lawsuit  • hospital  • Brooklyn  • patient  • negligence  • psychiatric treatment center  • Esmin Green

    • Woman Dies, Ignored, on Waiting Room Floor

      CNN  |  Jul 2, 08 7:22 AM CDT

      Woman Dies, Ignored, on Waiting Room Floor

      (Newser) - Recently uncovered surveillance footage shows a woman collapsing in a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital, then lying on the floor for more than an hour while hospital staff ignored her. Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting for treatment for almost 24 hours when she collapsed at 5:32am and lay convulsing on the floor. She stopped moving at 6:07am, and was found dead at 6:35. More »

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      New York City  • hospital  • Brooklyn  • patient  • negligence  • psychiatric treatment center

  • May 2008

    • World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 21, 08 2:47 PM CDT

      World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die

      (Newser) - The leaders of the Burmese junta don’t want you to think about the victims of Cyclone Nargis, writes Tom Jenkins for the Guardian , and the world and the media are only too happy to oblige. The Chinese government’s heroics in Asia's other natural disaster focuses attention on victims receiving help, while the Burmese who desperately need outside intervention die off-camera. More »

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      China  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • China earthquake  • junta  • dictatorship  • negligence  • ASEAN

    • 133K Dead, Missing: Junta

      Reuters  |  May 16, 08 5:05 PM CDT

      133K Dead, Missing: Junta

      (Newser) - Nearly 78,000 are confirmed dead and another 56,000 missing in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, Reuters reports. Torrential rains continued to pound Burma today, complicating rescue efforts. The EU’s chief aid official met with military leaders to press for increasing foreign rescue workers' involvement, but he met with no more success than UN and US officials before him. More »

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      United Nations  • European Union  • Burma  • Myanmar  • natural disaster  • Cyclone Nargis  • junta  • relief  • military junta  • dictatorship  • negligence

  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • November 2007

    • MIT Sues Gehry for Negligence

      Boston Globe  |  Nov 6, 07 5:35 PM CST

      MIT Sues Gehry for Negligence

      (Newser) - One of the most famous buildings on the MIT campus is plagued by design flaws, the school says, and it has sued Frank Gehry, alleging the world-famous architect provided "deficient design services" for the $300 million project. The university paid Gehry $15 million to design the Stata Center, which opened in in 2004—and immediately began to fall apart, MIT charges. More »

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      lawsuit  • MIT  • architecture  • negligence  • Frank Gehry

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