Dying man robbed in Philadelphia ER waiting room

[Liberal_in_LA]

Dying man robbed in Philadelphia ER waiting room

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say three people who noticed a Philadelphia school counselor unconscious and dying in an emergency waiting room robbed him instead of going for help.
Police say 63-year-old Joaquin (wah-KEEN') Rivera spent nearly 80 minutes waiting in an emergency room after complaining of pain down his side. But they say he died of an apparent heart attack at Aria (AR'-ee-uh) Health's Frankford Campus before seeing a triage nurse.

Surveillance video shows three people talking with Rivera before he passed out and then taking his wristwatch.

Police arrested 44-year-old Richard Alten at the hospital and are seeking his companions, whom Capt. John McGinnis described as homeless addicts. Alten's public defender has declined to comment.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-12-01-dying-man-robbed-hospital_N.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno

[FiveGoodMen]

1. OR: "Robbery victim killed by inattentive ER staff"

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. +1

[Chemisse]

2. That is pretty cold, but far worse is whoever let him lay there and die

Without helping him.

[FormerDittoHead]

4. 80 minutes waiting to see a triage nurse in the hospital - best healthcare in the world. n/t

[stray cat]

5. But we should practice making peace with people like him.....

not arresting him :sarcasm:

[The Straight Story]

6. I thought this was a thread about insurance companies

:)

[Earth_First]

7. +1

[Shagbark Hickory]

8. Uh oh, The death panels are already going at it.

[miyazaki]

9. this is the kind of shit that pretty much sums up this country now.

I love this place!

:sarcasm: