A woman who had suffered a massive heart attack died after hospital personnel moved her out of a trauma room to accommodate a flu-stricken Michael Jackson
Big surprise, the family is now suing Jackson and the hospital. Chris Rangel comments:

The problem is that like the majority of medical lawsuits this case has little if any merit. It is standard procedure to disconnect the patient from the ventilator and ventilate by hand whenever a critically ill patient is moved. It is standard procedure to move a critically ill but stable patient in the ER to a smaller/alternative room to make space for new patients (some of whom may be critically ill themselves and not stable). It is standard procedure to limit visitation of a critically ill patient to two family members at a time.

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