I can find similar stories all over the world.
Apparently, you haven't had much experience with the health care system in this country.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433121,00.htmlExcerpt:
A 58-year-old man died of cardiac arrest after waiting 19 hours in the emergency room, the Dallas Morning News reported Monday.
Mike Herrera, who helped his family start a chain of restaurants, went to Parkland Memorial Hospital just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19 complaining of a stabbing sensation in his stomach.
There were 164 people ahead of him. Another 180 new patients would walk through the ER doors during the next 19 hours.
A surveillance video obtained by the Dallas Morning News showed that Herrera continued to wait in a chair, until 9:26 a.m. Saturday, when a physician finally ordered laboratory tests and an x-ray.
When Herrera's sister arrived after noon, he went into cardiac arrest. Medical staff worked for more than two hours on him, but by 2:48 p.m. he was pronounced dead.* * * * *
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local&id=5736274Man Dies of Heart Failure Outside Hospital Emergency Room
Thursday, November 01, 2007
By Robert Holguin
SYLMAR, Oct. 31, 2007 (KABC-TV) (KABC) -- A 33-year-old man suffering from chest pains goes untreated and dies at the place it should have been prevented: a hospital emergency room. Wednesday, that hospital is under scrutiny.
The allegations involve Olive View UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar. The family is searching for answers following their loved one's death.
A nurse at Olive View has already been fired and an investigation is underway as to how a 33-year-old man who came to the hospital for emergency care ended up dying after waiting hours to see a doctor.
Christopher Jones was having chest pains; he was shaking; his left arm was going numb -- all classic symptoms of a heart attack.
