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City Will Pay Funeral Expenses for Woman Left to Die in Hospital Waiting Room
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 5, 2008
Modified Jul 6, 2008
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After being rocked by the death of Esmin Green, a psychiatric patient who died at Kings County Hospital, the city announced it would pay for her funeral expenses. A video showed Green waiting in the waiting room for almost 24 hours, collapsing to the floor with numerous staffers ignoring her. Mayor Bloomberg said developer Forest City Ratner will fly Green's relatives from Jamaica to NYC and back, as well as fly the body back to Jamaica. Though six staffers have been fired, Green's daughter told the Daily News, "I'm going to put it in the hands of American law. But I can tell you this: That hospital, it needs to be closed down."
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