a 49-year-old woman collapses on a psychiatric emergency room floor. surveillance video captures the moments when others decide to intervene or not. and their decisions have dire consequences. she was a really beautiful person and an aunt. she loved children. she loved them with a passion. esmin green comes to new york city in 1995, hoping to find work that will allow her to send money home to her six children in jamaica. she was by all accounts heartbroken to be separated from her family for so many years. i think maybe one of the reasons why she clung to other people s children it is because she had left her six children in jamaica.
up. he didn t go over to her. and once again, nothing was done. nothing was done. at 6:33, a doctor ambles by, looks at esmin, and apparently walks away. at 6:35, a nurse enters the room. she kicks esmin to see if she responds. you know, i m no expert on medical practice, but common sense tells me that medical people ought to have some other tools at their disposal besides kicking somebody who is lying on the floor to find out whether they re dead. after being admitted the day before, esmin has been unattended by the hospital staff for nearly 24 hours. now the nurse alerts others, who finally come to check on her,
control, and pastor marilyn johnson calls 911. emergency medical technicians arrive. esmin is admitted involuntarily to the psychiatric emergency room of the kings county hospital in brooklyn. one thing about the psychiatric emergency room, it s not like an ordinary emergency room. once you re taken in, they won t let you out without permission from a doctor. so if something is going wrong in there, you re a prisoner, and you re totally at the mercy of the hospital staff. it s june 19th, 5:32 in the morning. and esmin green, who has been waiting for a bed for nearly 24 hours, slumps to the floor. none of the patients move to help her. some people have asked why
floor. surveillance video captures the moments when others decide to intervene or not. and their decisions have dire consequences. she was a really beautiful person. and an aunt. she loved children. she loved them with a passion. esmin green comes to new york city in 1995, hoping to find work that will allow her to send money home to her six children in jamaica. she was by all accounts heartbroken to be separated from her family for so many years. i think maybe one of the reasons why she clung to other
done. nothing was done. at 6:33, a doctor ambles by, looks at esmin, and apparently walks away. at 6:35, a nurse enters the room. she kicks esmin to see if she responds. you know, i m no expert on medical practice, but common sense tells me that medical people ought to have some other tools at their disposal besides kicking somebody who is lying on the floor to find out whether they re dead. after being admitted the day before, esmin has been unattended by the hospital staff for nearly 24 hours. now the nurse alerts others, who finally come to check on her, but esmin is dead.