Oct 31, 2009 5:28 pm US/Eastern
Cape Cod Hospital Patient Dies After Altercation
HYANNIS (WBZ) ―
A patient at Cape Cod Hospital died earlier this week after an altercation with staff members who were trying to restrain him.
Sources tell the
Cape Cod Times a man who had come to the hospital to visit his wife began acting irrationally. The paper said he ended up in the emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation.
According to the paper the man escaped from the emergency room and began running through the hospital.
WXTK radio reports that hospital security eventually caught up with the man and put him in a choke hold, rendering him unconscious.
The Cape Cod Times reports the man was put on life support because he was not getting enough oxygen to his brain. He died two weeks later.
"The hospital's employees were trying to prevent the patient from harming others within our facility while waiting for the police to return to the hospital," said David Reilly, a spokesman for Cape Cod Healthcare, which owns the hospital.
According to Reilly, the police had been there earlier in the day to help with the same patient.
The hospital said they are cooperating with police while they conduct their investigation.
Just this past week, another patient who was allegedly caught
stabbing his doctor insider her Mass. General Hospital office, was shot and killed by a special officer.
The D.A. in that case cleared the shooter,
Paul Langone, of any wrongdoing.
(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Click to enlarge
Stumble It!
Comments