Dr. Thomas Horowitz, medical ethicist, expressed disappointment and described this as pathetic.
The report says the facility could face many law suits including criminal charges.
Steve Meister, CBS2 Legal Analyst, said: There are State and Federal obligations. Every person in the facility, including the owner of the facility, could be looking at licence revocation from the State and they could be criminally prosecuted for homicide.
When can we see licence revocations and criminal charges brought
in the killing wards that are our hospitals...?
Elderly woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR
Updated 4:41 pm, Saturday, March 2, 2013
Staff At Senior Living Home Refuses To Perform CPR On Dying Woman
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — An elderly woman being cared for at a Bakersfield retirement facility died after a nurse at the facility refused to perform CPR on the woman after she collapsed, authorities said.
When the 87-year-old resident of Glenwood Gardens collapsed at the facility around 11 a.m. Tuesday, a staff member called 911 but refused to give the woman CPR, Bakersfield television station ABC23 (http://bit.ly/YQULm3 ) reported Friday.
In refusing the 911 dispatcher's insistence that she perform CPR, the nurse can be heard telling the dispatcher that it was against the retirement facility's policy to perform CPR.
During the exchange between the nurse and the dispatcher, the dispatcher can be heard saying "I don't understand why you're not willing to help this patient."
An ambulance arrived several minutes after the call and took the woman to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. She has been identified as Lorraine Bayless, a resident of the home's independent facility, which is separate from the skilled and assisted nursing facility.
The retirement facility released a statement extending its condolences to the family and said its "practice is to immediately call emergency medical personnel for assistance and to wait with the individual needing attention until such personnel arrives."
The statement also said a "thorough internal review of the matter" would be conducted.
A call to the facility by The Associated Press seeking more information on the incident was not immediately returned.
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