Unsurprisingly, the family of the patient who died waiting in HHC's psych ward intends to sue:
NEW YORK (AP) - - The daughter of a woman who died unnoticed on the floor of a hospital psychiatric unit called Tuesday for criminal prosecution of the workers who did nothing to help her."What I want is justice," Tecia Harrison said, hours after her family notified the hospital, the city and the city's Health and Hospitals Corporation that they intend to file a $25 million lawsuit. "Whoever committed a criminal act should be held responsible."
Read the USA Today story here. The prior Supraspinatus entry on the event is here.