Death of Heart Attack Victim Who Waited for Hours in Hospital Waiting Room

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WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A coroner's jury has declared the death of a heart attack victim who spent almost two hours in a hospital waiting room to be a homicide.

A spokeswoman for Vista Medical Center in Waukegan, where Vance died July 29, declined to comment on the ruling.

Vance had waited almost two hours for a doctor to see her after complaining of classic heart attack symptoms — nausea, shortness of breath and chest pains, Deputy Coroner Robert Barrett testified.

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Originally Posted by RNA

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A coroner's jury has declared the death of a heart attack victim who spent almost two hours in a hospital waiting room to be a homicide.

A spokeswoman for Vista Medical Center in Waukegan, where Vance died July 29, declined to comment on the ruling.

Vance had waited almost two hours for a doctor to see her after complaining of classic heart attack symptoms — nausea, shortness of breath and chest pains, Deputy Coroner Robert Barrett testified.

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It is hard to believe in this day and age such a tragedy could occur. After reading the article it makes me wonder what type of training the nurses at this hospital received in order to work in the ER. When a patient c/o chest pain, especially when presenting to the ER of all places, it should always be treated as cardiac until ruled out. This patient died because of poor nursing and medical judgement.