I'm not sure if I put this in the right place or not. I thought it was interesting because we hear of all the hospitals in CA that are closing...and here's a story about someone dying there.

I also find it interesting that when the woman's husband called 911, he had to converse through an interpreter...why didn't he speak English if they were here legally and wanted to assimilate?


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19251478?GT1=10056

LOS ANGELES - An inner-city hospital is struggling to survive amid a new report of breakdowns in patient care, the replacement of its chief medical officer and an ultimatum to correct long-running problems or close.

Newly released tapes of 911 calls reveal that a woman who lay bleeding on the floor of the emergency room died last month after dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility.

The woman’s treatment was “callous, it was a horrible thing,â€