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District of Calamity: Still crazy after all these years
One day after settling a lawsuit based on the inexplicably fatal 2004 jailhouse mishandling of quadriplegic Jonathan Magbie (arrested for having medical marijuana, which is not legal in D.C.), here we are again. Three D.C. paramedics/EMT's sent to the home of a 911 caller with chest pains diagnosed him as having acid reflux, advised Pepto-Bismol, and left, and six hours later, the man went belly-up. Washington Post Dec. 3 /// Dec. 2
One day after settling a lawsuit based on the inexplicably fatal 2004 jailhouse mishandling of quadriplegic Jonathan Magbie (arrested for having medical marijuana, which is not legal in D.C.), here we are again. Three D.C. paramedics/EMT's sent to the home of a 911 caller with chest pains diagnosed him as having acid reflux, advised Pepto-Bismol, and left, and six hours later, the man went belly-up. Washington Post Dec. 3 /// Dec. 2
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The article says if a patient requests to be transported to the hospital, the paramedics are required to transport the patient to the hospital. Did this guy request to be taken to the hospital? I'm not blaming anyone here, just simply curious. I'll tell you right now if I'm having severe chest pains and the paramedics try to get me to take Pepto, I'm throwing a fit.
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 12/05/08 at 10:18 AM
I've got this reflux thing AND arrhythmia and it's hard to tell them apart sometimes. But, like KW said, I'll throw a fit when necessary to get help!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/05/08 at 11:37 AM
Then of course, there's President Harding, who died of what had been diagnosed as indigestion.
Posted by stpatme on 12/06/08 at 02:15 PM
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