NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.

Esmin Green was involuntarily admitted to the psychiatric emergency department of Kings County Hospital Center on June 18 for what the hospital describes as "agitation and psychosis."

Upon her admission, Green waited nearly 24 hours for treatment, said the civil liberties union, which was among the groups filing suit against the facility last year seeking improved conditions for patients.

The surveillance camera video shows the woman rolling off a waiting room chair, landing face-down on the floor and convulsing. Her collapse came at 5:32 a.m. June 19, the NYCLU said, and she stopped moving at 6:07 a.m. During that time, the organization said, workers at the hospital ignored her.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident.
Esmin Green was involuntarily admitted to the psychiatric emergency department of Kings County Hospital Center on June 18 for what the hospital describes as "agitation and psychosis."
Upon her admission, Green waited nearly 24 hours for treatment, said the civil liberties union, which was among the groups filing suit against the facility last year seeking improved conditions for patients.
The surveillance camera video shows the woman rolling off a waiting room chair, landing face-down on the floor and convulsing. Her collapse came at 5:32 a.m. June 19, the NYCLU said, and she stopped moving at 6:07 a.m. During that time, the organization said, workers at the hospital ignored her.
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Chile dey just showed da story on channel 7. i say we need cameras in PMH and some a dese clinics:hammer:

Chile dey just showed da story on channel 7. i say we need cameras in PMH and some a dese clinics:hammer:
Yup it was on CNN all evening!

I believe here we turn away a lot of "homeless" ppl and they just turn to the streets and die slowly!

yup, was in doctors one time in ER on a drip and the drip run out and alarm ringing off and 1 hour later nobody come yet .. was like 6am in the morning .. rip the drip out my arm and get up and walk over to the nurses to ask what the heck dey was doin dred .. :hammer::hammer:

Yup it was on CNN all evening!
I believe here we turn away a lot of "homeless" ppl and they just turn to the streets and die slowly!


homeless de turn away anybody.dese nurses and doctors become so nonchalant sometimes to them errybody is just a number.