Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Mother of dead pregnant woman blasts EMTs

I certainly hope there is more to the store that makes it less revolting. If so, I will update this.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34526126/ns/us_news-life/

updated 4:13 p.m. ET, Tues., Dec . 22, 2009

NEW YORK - Two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman are "inhuman," her mother said Tuesday. A lawyer for the EMTs argued his clients are being vilified in a rush to judgment.

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But lawyer Douglas Rosenthal said the facts will show that Jason Green and Melissa Jackson acted "appropriately" at the Au Bon Pain outlet in Brooklyn on Dec. 9.

The two were at the eatery when Eutisha Rennix, an employee, collapsed. Witnesses have said the EMTs told workers to call 911, then left when they were asked to help the 25-year-old woman.

Rennix died at a hospital shortly afterward, her baby too premature to survive.

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Fire Department spokesman Steve Ritea said that all FDNY members "take an oath to assist others whenever they're in need of emergency medical care. It's their sworn duty."

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