Why wasnt this information given before?
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Rodriguez, 43, died of the perforated bowel on May 9, 2007. The report said she had been seen at the hospital at least six times in the month before her death and had spent 14 hours there a day earlier.
Another reviewer, lawyer and physician Dr. Mark Brown, noted that Rodriguez had a history of drug abuse and that hospital staff could "rationally conclude" that she was only trying to enter the hospital again to obtain "food, shelter and narcotics and was not in medical crisis."
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This does make her look like she was just looking for shelter and drugs. She had already been diagnosed and sent on her way, but with her being homeless and having a drug abuse history I can see why the nurses would think the way they did. Why wouldnt they?
Of course it is horrible that she died but given the conditions and what ALL had happened, I can see how they acted the way they did.