Family of woman left to die in Killer County psych ward floor settles with city for $2M

Remember almost a year ago that horrible video surfaced of a woman who laid dying in the psych ward of Killer County?  Well her family is getting "justice" with a 2 million dollar settlement.  Money won't bring her back and I'm sure after the lawyer/court fees they will be left with some change but my question is can't the hospital staffers and guards that were seen in the video walking by and doing NOTHING be held accountable as well?  I believe some of them lost their jobs but THEY were the ones that could have prevented this tragedy.

The city will pay $2 million to the family of a woman whose death on a psych ward floor was captured on a shocking video that showed hospital staffers ignored her for hours, the Daily News has learned.

The settlement signed Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court before Justice Allen Hurkin-Torres, comes 11 months after Esmin Green collapsed and died at the notorious Kings County Hospital psychiatric ward known as G Building.

Green, 49, who had a history of mental illness, had been taken to the psychiatric emergency room on June 18 and may have been sitting in the waiting room for nearly a day - including hours in which she writhed and convulsed on the floor.

An autopsy determined she had a fatal blood clot in her lung caused by "physical inactivity."

Green's daughter Tecia Harrison sued the city and the Health and Hospitals Corp. for the careless and negligent way her mother was treated.

"To anyone who saw the video clip, it was clear this was a horrible, wrongful and negligent act," said lawyer Sanford Rubenstein, who represents Green's daughter.

The city Department of Investigation is looking into whether hospital staffers falsified Green's medical records.

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