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By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:52:19 +0000

This also happened in Jessup Md…

By: cowsharky

cowsharky — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:14:31 +0000

My first reaction was if only this happened in the U. S. in one of the states that have lax gun control laws. I bet then those scumbags would’ve found some incentive to get that poor woman to the hospital.

Second reaction is this is a textbook case of depraved indifference homicide, at least in the U. S. I hope Britain has similar laws.

By: MrsDrC

MrsDrC — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:05:50 +0000

Thank you LollyDee!

WTH was her husband doing this whole time?! Did he just spend two hours listening to the jokes?

If it were my loved one lying there I’d move him/her out the damned ambulance my damned self!

And that poor woman, lying there listening to FAT JOKES as she’s dying!

I hope there is a special place in h*ll for those idiots!

By: Moment of Truth « First, Do No Harm

Moment of Truth « First, Do No Harm — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:34:06 +0000

[...] to being “repulsed” by fat patients. Last summer, paramedics in Gloucester, England, joked as a 245-pound woman died in her home, because they couldn’t figure out how to move her to the [...]

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:30:50 +0000

It’s fucking disgusting. I could drag my husband out of a building if I had to all by myself and he doesn’t weight much less than 245. Those paramedics should go to jail.

By: Teresa

Teresa — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:33:14 +0000

Jut like the commenter Kristin said I was also in a car accident and weighing over 300 at the time was mortified and felt so bad that the paramedics had to carry me, and one of the guys kindly smiled at me and told me not to worry that they were not worried at all and I shouldn’t be either and that this was nothing.

Granted it did take more than two men to lift me but that had to do with the fact that I was experiencing pain in my back and neck and the were worried I had spinal injuries and possible broken neck so they were extra cautious on moving me , but they were so kind about it all not one joke was made. Granted when I reached the hospital I was overdosed on morphine to “compensate for my extreme obesity” and spent the next twelve hours in and out of consciousness throwing up and such, but that is beside my point.

The point being, all it says was she was having difficulty breathing nothing about a serious injury that would need caution in moving her. I working as a nurse could pick up a man of that size who was resisting me and get him into a chair, why two men who as paramedics should be in good condition couldn’t is beyond me, especially when there was the husband to help as well. I mean ffs it isn’t like she wouldn’t fit through a door, so put her on a sheet each person grasp the ends and transport her to the ambulance. I just am shocked by this, when people in those jobs lose their sense of compassion and get that callus towards the people they are supposed to be saving, they need to be removed, and in this case punished.

By: nightgigjo

nightgigjo — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:39:50 +0000

Regulation? I know nothing of whatever guidelines UK paramedics have to follow, but Not Acting For Two Hours Thereby Allowing A Patient To Die can’t be among them.

One person could have gotten her to the ambulance. ONE.

I am utterly and thoroughly disgusted, and would like to kick these people in delicate places on their way to jail.

By: LollyDee

LollyDee — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:46:04 +0000

It MUST be some sort of regulation in desperate need of change because… 245? Whatever. That’s not that big. That article is nauseating. Also, here’s a question I don’t think anyone has asked yet; Was her husband handicapped? Was he unable to help pick up his wife or at least help them get her to the ambulance? Further investigation, indeed.

By: Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Paramedics Allow Woman to Die Because of Her Weight

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:03:24 +0000

[...] Via Kate Harding, whose post I first saw on Shakesville, but who also discusses this on her individual blog, Shapely Prose. [...]

By: januarys

januarys — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:54:56 +0000

I’m so glad that when I stumbled onto this blog entry, everyone was saying what I was thinking. All moral and ethical irresponsibility aside (which ought to be a lot heavier to push aside than someone weighing 245 lbs) it’s pathetic that people take the whole “youth and beauty” propaganda seriously at all, much less to let it dictate their attitude toward a (gasp) 245 pound woman! I agree with the other commenters (um, except the barbecue sauce one)… 245 is not that big! I’m tempted to post pics of myself at 215 to show how normal my size was. Augh!!!