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Maisha Morales describes lack of information and follow-up after father's death
2:35:37
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Maisha Morales provides a detailed account of her experience at the hospital following her father's cardiac arrest and subsequent death, highlighting the lack of information and follow-up she received.
- She describes her father's initial condition in the ER and his sudden cardiac arrest.
- Morales recounts how doctors refused to explain what happened and went into 'protection mode'.
- She mentions difficulties in requesting an autopsy and not receiving results after two and a half months.
Gale Brewer
2:35:37
did you ever get a response from anybody as to what happened?
2:35:40
Did you
Maisha Morales
2:35:40
So I at the emergency room, He was laughing and kinda joking because they gave him the IV, and we were trying to cheer him up.
2:35:49
And then just went into cardiac arrest.
2:35:51
The machines didn't go off.
2:35:53
And so clearly, there's something was wrong.
2:35:56
We were behind the curtain because they were changing him, his pad.
2:36:03
Everyone's still quiet and everyone all the doctors, they refused to talk to me.
2:36:07
I was begging them, what just happened?
2:36:09
What just happened?
2:36:10
So I don't know.
2:36:11
They went on protection mode, and that's something I'm fighting for as well.
2:36:15
But apparently, methodist hospital.
2:36:17
It's a thing there.
2:36:18
I'm just finding out.
2:36:20
But, yes, no one has given me they didn't even I was asking for, where do I sign up for an autopsy?
2:36:25
They ignored me.
2:36:26
I finally was able hours later to get request an autopsy, and it's now been almost two and a half months.
2:36:34
I haven't received it yet.