Man Dies at Hospital Waiting for Ambulance Call
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A Portland, Oregon man died of a heart attack in a hospital parking lot after hospital officials apparently refused to come to his aid. However, the hospital says it acted appropriately.
Birgilio Marin-Fuentes, 61, drove himself to the hospital early Thursday morning because he couldn't stop coughing, his widow said. He made it to the Portland Adventist Medical Center, but suffered a heart attack and crashed into a wall in the hospital's indoor parking lot.
No one noticed him for about 20 minutes. A bystander finally did and flagged down a Portland cop who was leaving the hospital's emergency room on an unrelated traffic case. The officer radioed to dispatch that there was an accident in the parking lot. As is protocol, dispatch called out fire and an ambulance to respond.
Minutes later, the officer and a second cop went to the car and found Marin-Fuentes unconscious in the car. They began performing CPR.
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Birgilio Marin-Fuentes, 61, drove himself to the hospital early Thursday morning because he couldn't stop coughing, his widow said. He made it to the Portland Adventist Medical Center, but suffered a heart attack and crashed into a wall in the hospital's indoor parking lot.
No one noticed him for about 20 minutes. A bystander finally did and flagged down a Portland cop who was leaving the hospital's emergency room on an unrelated traffic case. The officer radioed to dispatch that there was an accident in the parking lot. As is protocol, dispatch called out fire and an ambulance to respond.
Minutes later, the officer and a second cop went to the car and found Marin-Fuentes unconscious in the car. They began performing CPR.
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