By Alicia Cruz
Theblackurbantimes
When an employee went outside to get help after EMT's refused to help the woman, he saw a group of about 10 FDNY employees, and told them, "Somebody has fallen out. There's an emergency." Brown said their response was "'What do you want us to do? Call 911.'
The two New York EMT's accused of refusing to render aid to a dying pregnant woman in a Brooklyn eatery because they were on their breaks have been suspended by the Fire Department. Prosecutors say that Green, a six-year veteran, and Jackson, a four-year veteran, will remain on unpaid suspencion pending their invesitigation of the December 9 incident.
Cynthia Rennix, the mother of Eutisha Rennix, who died after collapsing says the EMT's, Jason Green, 32 and Melissa Jackson, 23 were “inhuman” and shouldn’t have taken those jobs if they weren’t willing to get involved. “These are people who are supposed to take a minute to be concerned,” Cynthia Rennix told reporters.
Rennix and her premature baby both died at Long Island College Hospital two hours after her arrival.
Mayor Bloomberg is infuriated by the actions of the EMT's, who sources say are romantically involved with one another. "There's no excuse whatsoever, as far as I can tell," said Bloomberg.
Though they refused to render the dying woman aid, the two workers are not taking their suspension lying down. They have sought representation by a Union delegate to defend them.
Though EMS union exec Jeff Samerson defended the EMT's actions by saying "These are people that are not in the field. They have not had patient contact in years," even he had to concede that "they could have acted better."
Witnesse Tareen Brown, who works at the Au Bon Pain said the EMTs told workers that "if they reacted, they could get in trouble. They said they weren't allowed to touch her unless a call was made to 911 first." His co-worker, Lourdes Colon, 19, added, "They said they couldn't do anything. They said they were trainees. They showed no sympathy at all."
After the EMT's refused to help the dying pregnant mom, Brown went outside where there was a group of about 10 FDNY employees, and told them, "Somebody has fallen out. There's an emergency." Brown said their response was "'What do you want us to do? Call 911.'
When told about this, Union rep Samerson claimed that EMT Jackson was the one who made the call to 911 from the Au Bon Pain.
The New York Post reported that a source stated that Jackson told the dispatcher that Rennix had "difficulty breathing." Based upon Jackson's statement to the 911 operator, the call was not treated as a critical emergency and it cost Rennix and her unborn child their lives. The two EMT's left the scene before the responding ambulance arrived.
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