A Rochester man with a medical emergency was kicked out of an ambulance and collapsed on the sidewalk in front of paramedics and police before he later died, leaving the city’s mayor “shocked” by the horrific development.
In the nearly 12-minute video, the patient, who has not yet been identified, is accused of assaulting paramedics as they took him to hospital on November 30, 2023.
The ambulance was seen parked on the side of a road in the city with its lights still flashing when officers arrived.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with him, but he won’t get out of the truck — and he needs to go,” the EMT told the officer, according to body camera footage obtained by WROC.
When the ambulance door opened, the officer told the patient, “It’s a bandage,” and the crew wanted him out of the emergency vehicle.
The man told officers he panicked because he couldn’t breathe after he was told to get out of the ambulance. City of Rochester
The man explained to officers that he “couldn’t breathe” while grunting and holding his chest and shoulders.
“We’re trying to help, hunny, but the way you came in here and the way you jumped at us is no way to have someone calling for help,” interrupted the EMT.
The officer then asked him to get out of the ambulance.
The patient, who has not been identified, is accused of lunging at paramedics as they rushed him to the hospital on November 30, 2023. City of Rochester
“I’m panicking,” the man said as he put on his coat to go out. “You’ll also panic if you can’t breathe.”
“I heard you,” replied the officer. “I’ll probably try to control myself a little better.”
He was told to wait outside the ambulance for someone else to arrive and take him to the hospital.
“Will you take me to the hospital, man?” he pleaded with the officer, who refused.
Immediately after exiting the ambulance, the man passed out on the sidewalk. City of Rochester
Shortly after the man complied with the officer’s request to leave the ambulance, he collapsed and lay motionless on the sidewalk.
The man lay on his back in front of emergency personnel for more than two minutes before anyone helped him.
The patient died two weeks later, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans said in a news conference Thursday.
The man was face down on the ground for more than two minutes before emergency personnel noticed. City of Rochester
Evans added he was “appalled” by the way the man was treated.
“We have to get to the bottom of this,” Evans said. We must understand how and why this happened, and we must identify processes and safeguards to ensure it does not happen again.”
“Citizens are people and they deserve to be treated humanely and with the same consideration as anyone else.”
The man’s official cause of death has not been disclosed.
The ambulance provider has launched an internal investigation into the incident. City of Rochester
Evans said family members of the victim shared that the man “passed away from a health emergency that he called for help to deal with”
The ambulance provider, American Medical Response, said it would comply with Evans’ request to conduct an internal investigation.
“We saw the video for the first time yesterday and have launched an internal investigation. We have also requested an investigation by the New York State Department of Health for EMS and Trauma Systems,” the provider said in a statement to 13 ABC.
Rochester Police Chief David Smith has also requested an internal investigation, Evans shared.
“Even though this is a medical scene, there are always lessons to be learned – especially those related to the type of ambulance service our medical services are experiencing in our community,” Evans said.
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