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Still from the surveillance video showing a woman dying on the floor
Still from the surveillance video showing a woman dying on the floor

Community and City Government React to Brooklyn Hospital Death

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by Fred Mogul

NEW YORK, NY July 02, 2008 —Many of us have seen the dramatic video released this week: A woman lying on the floor in an emergency room in Brooklyn who collapsed and died after staff members apparently ignored her for about an hour. The scene is captured by a security camera, and the footage was released by attorneys.

WNYC's Fred Mogul joins us now to discuss what the city is doing about Kings County Hospital and what the community is saying about it.

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