I have always said that a crisis, such as the current COVID-19 outbreak brings out the best and the worst in people. This is a story about one of the worst.
The press is reporting the sad story of an elderly woman who died after being shoved to the ground by a patient at a New York hospital for “not social distancing.”
The account was first reported earlier this week in the New York Post. According to the Post, the 86-year-old victim, who was awaiting treatment for a bowel blockage, was reportedly pushed by a female patient in NYC Health and Hospitals/Woodhull location in Brooklyn, on Sunday, March 29, just after 2pm.
She fell backward and hit her head following the assault, police sources told the New York Post. Roughly three hours later, the 86-year-old woman died while hospital workers were waiting to give her a CT scan.
The death of Janie Marshall of Williamsburg appeared to be the first potential crime in the city sparked by fears over the deadly contagion.
Marshall’s unidentified female attacker was given a summons for disorderly conduct, the Post reported. “She got too close,” the woman said to justify why she shoved the frail old woman. Her attacker was a 32-year-old patient, who was awaiting psychiatric treatment and got out of her nearby bed to launch the unprovoked attack, sources said.
The hospital didn’t alert authorities until 10.30pm — as the medical center was flooded with a surge of COVID-19 patients. New York City hospitals have been overwhelmed with coronavirus patients in recent weeks.
As of the writing of this post, New York leads the US with over 96,000 positive cases of the coronavirus and nearly 2500 deaths.
Cops were seeking to arrest Marshall’s alleged attacker on upgraded charges. She has a record of 17 previous arrests, many for trespassing, sources told the Post.
Neighbors at Marshall’s apartment described her as a longtime resident who lived alone and didn’t have any children, with one calling her a “nice lady” who was “very helpful.”
“She would always ask me if she could do something for me,” said the neighbor, who gave her name as Ms. Calloway.
Efrain Gomez, 70, described Marshall as a “very nice person.”
“What a shame,” he said of her death.
Gomez also noted that Marshall “looked much younger than she was.”
This was murder and in these troubled times to make shure that this doesn’t become common place the murderer should be taken out and executed immediately.
Most likely…nothing will be done. The poor lady probably lived her life always trying to do the right thing, and gets pushed to the ground by a repeat thug, with no moral compass what so ever. Shameful.
The person who hit her should be charged with murder. In NY she will probably be released so she can kill another elderly person. The Governor wants to be president. He cant take care of NY. What a mess because he allowed foreign people into NY after they had been banned by Federal government.
Trump has to fight for every thing that he needs to stop the virus.
Nancy Pelosi holding up the virus bill for her pet projects while people are getting sick and businesses closing down.
CA has to go Red because it’s a mess from to many years of neglect from Democrats. Especially Obama and Clinton’s. Pelosi didn’t complain about Obama’s open borders and non-vetted refugees picked by UN.
Time to kick UN and Muslim Brotherhood out of our country .
Trump 2020
Why are you not publishing my post?
Seems like the hospital could also be held liable.
May her soul rest in peace. The woman who pushed her needs to be brought up on charges, of which the least should be aggravated assault. If the woman had mental issues, she should have been separated from others or strapped down on the bed she occupied, for you never know when she would snap.
Did the one doing the shoving have a D in front of her name? just asking.
By the way, are people staying six feet apart in elevators?
This is so sad . I hope they find the person that shoved Marshall .
This virus is getting out of hand social life needs to on I know people are getting depressed and jobs are getting shut down how are bills going to get payed? The damnocrates want to want the government to take care of everyone so they can win the Ecomony and destroyed America well social distancing is important but life has to go on I know president trump will do everything in his power to get everything back to normal
Let this this nice lady rest in peace and remembered