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February 25, 2005

I Swear, the Last Post...

Please don't hate me, I promise this is the last word on Michael Jackson. From ABC News:

A woman who had suffered a massive heart attack died after hospital personnel moved her out of a trauma room to accommodate a flu-stricken Michael Jackson, the patient's family said.

Jury selection in Jackson's child molestation child had to be temporarily postponed Feb. 15 when the pop star was taken to Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif., complaining of flu-like symptoms. Manuela Gomez Ruiz, a 74-year-old grandmother, was moved from the primary trauma room and taken off the machine ventilator, with her breathing instead assisted manually by hand pump, until she was relocated to a smaller room nearby, her family told ABC News.

The larger room was kept for Jackson, the family says. Hospital records show Jackson, 46, told emergency room staff he had severe abdominal pain. His body temperature, 96.9 degrees, was below normal and he had tears in his eyes. The initial emergency room report said he could go home anytime.

Grrrrrr... Maybe they can charge Jackson and his entourage and the hospital personnel with involuntary manslaughter. Tough to prove, though. I hate when a celebrity gets better treatment than someone else.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at February 25, 2005 01:49 PM

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The only "medical bulletin" I want to ever hear again referencing Michael Jackson is one confirming that he was found hanging from his shower rod, dead; and there were no signs that it was foul-play.

Posted by: Ted B. at February 25, 2005 02:28 PM

Disgusting as the whole lot is, I don't see how Jackson could be charged with anything at this point.

After all, he didn't take that woman off her ventilator or kick her out of the room; hospital staff (at some level or other) made those decisions. (And, you're absolutely correct, it would be at very least "tough" to prove involuntary manslaughter for medical complications even for the staff who moved the old lady out of her room.)

Posted by: Sigivald at February 25, 2005 03:21 PM

In all fairness to M. Jackson, he didn't demand or ask for a special treatment and even if he did, the hospital doesn't have to give it to him especially if its an emergency.
What a joke though. Even if the death of that woman wasn't caused by the move, more than a couple of people on that staff should be fired and their licenses revoked.

I betting on MJ committing suicide or having an "accident" like too much medicine being "accidentally aministered".
A lot of people in his family are going to lose everything if goes to jail.
And career wise, his done. He is no Frank Sinatra with a second act or even an Elvis with Vegas to fall back on.

Posted by: Terry at February 25, 2005 04:27 PM

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