Notes From The Ward
an insider’s view of mood disorders
It’s Nothing New
July 5th, 2008 by Dennis H. in General, Psychiatry, Society No Comments

At first blush the case of Esmin Green, a Jamaican immigrant who died unattended on the floor of a Brooklyn psychiatric emergency room, is outrageous. She’d been left in a chair in a waiting-room for 24 hours before falling off that chair and dying. It hardly seems possible that a patient requiring hospitalization would have […]

Hospital Lets Psych Patient Die
July 1st, 2008 by Dennis H. in Psychiatry, Treatments 1 Comment

The headline of this ABC News report says it all: “Ignored Psych Patient Dies on Hospital Floor.” Most people go to the hospital to get help, not to be allowed to fall on the floor and left to die … despite having security guards — and even a doctor! — notice them before walking away!Note […]