Blog #15: Revision of CATW 2

 In the passage "The Women Who Died In The Waiting Room" By Jeneen Intetland, Esmin Green was a patient in a waiting room at the Brooklyn's largest psychiatic hospital. No one had bothered to check on her. She had fallen of her chair and she started twisting and turning it didnt help her get up or anything, she had died in the floor just like that. A nurse walked into the waiting room 40 minutes later and saw that Esmin Green was on the floor and wasn't moving no more. The nurse checked if Esmin was okay by lightly kicking her, the nurse found out Esmin had died. Esmin Green was in a room with security cameras, nobody had bothered to check on her or how she was doing. It was a surprise to them for how she died, the City Medicals had examined her blood and found out that she had blood clots. This is what lead to her death.

 The quote that i chose to do was, "public hospitals across the country have struggled to provide actue psychiatric care to the poor and uninsured since the early 1960's". I chose this quote because some how i feel as if brings it all together. There are tens of millions of people that need treatmennt, with only 50,000 beds across the country. There are poor, uninsured, undocumented people that have health problems and alot have chronic conditions, if they dont have what is needed like insurance or money they can't be treated.

 Another reason for why I chose this quote was because if they were able to provide psychiatric care to the uninsured, poor, and undocumented Esmin Green would not have died, she would of gotten cared for, and nurses will check on them. Even though the health care can't be provided for every one I understand why they would only go for the people that are insured or have money. The doctors need to get paid and medication and supplies cost money.

 I wonder, would it of made a difference if Esmin had money or insured? would they of taken care of her faster if she did. I think that someones health is something that you should not play with because anything could kill you and if you are able to help someone you should. Insurence or health care is something that should get offered to every one no matter how wealthy they are or if they are poor.

 Esmin Green died in a waiting room. If the nurse or anyone would of seen her when she was dying ,they would of probably helped her right on the spot. They would of worried about her insurance or how she would pay but later after she is safe.