Friday, July 11, 2008

VIGIL TO MOURN THE LOSS OF MS. ESMIN ELIZABETH GREEN AND CONDEMN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

July 25, 2008 VIGIL and Demonstration - Kings County Hospital

Center, Building G, New York, USA



Please POST



WE THE PEOPLE



Contact: Lauren J. Tenney, MA, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor FOR

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cell: 516-319-4295

e-mail: lauren@theopalproject.org

website: http://www.theopalproject.org

http://tinyurl.com/green-vigil



WE THE PEOPLE Call for an End of Abuse, Torture, and Neglect in the

Wake of Ms. Green's Death While Detained at Kings County Hospital

Center's Psychiatric Emergency Room.



Advocates, human rights activists, and community members are holding

a vigil and demonstration to mourn the death of Ms. Esmin Elizabeth

Green. WE the PEOPLE are calling attention to the reported horrific

inactions and complete neglect that Ms. Green was subjected to while

detained at the Kings County Hospital Center's Psychiatric Emergency

Room, 451 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11203.



According to the Associated Press, after being involuntarily

committed to the institution, Ms. Green sat waiting for a bed to

become available for nearly 24 hours before she collapsed on to the

floor. She lay there helpless for nearly an hour until she received

medical attention, which came too late[i]. Further, according to the

New York Civil Liberties Union, facility staff possibly falsified

documents, stating that Ms. Green was "up and went to the bathroom"

and was "'sitting quietly in the waiting room' - more than 10 minutes

after she last moved"[ii]. The surveillance tape shown on CNN Video

portrays Ms. Green dying on the floor as people pass her by[iii]. In

fact, on the Internet, one can find a mass of comment on this tragedy

by individuals all over the world - a question repeatedly asked,

"Where is the humanity?"

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