PORTLAND, Ore. -- The death of an Oregon man just feet from an emergency room has left his family in grief, upset police and drawn a request for an investigation from a congressman, all asking why an officer was told to call 911 for a heart attack victim just outside the hospital door.
Two officers began cardiopulmonary resuscitation while a third went to the ER intake desk.
Judy Leach, a hospital spokeswoman, said emergency room staff was told it was a car crash -- Birgilio Marin-Fuentes, 61, had crashed his car into a pillar and wall in the hospital parking garage -- and they were following the proper protocol by instructing police to summon an ambulance crew. When the ambulance arrived, the crew wheeled Mr. Marin-Fuentes the short distance to the ER aboard a gurney.
Two officers began cardiopulmonary resuscitation while a third went to the ER intake desk.
Judy Leach, a hospital spokeswoman, said emergency room staff was told it was a car crash -- Birgilio Marin-Fuentes, 61, had crashed his car into a pillar and wall in the hospital parking garage -- and they were following the proper protocol by instructing police to summon an ambulance crew. When the ambulance arrived, the crew wheeled Mr. Marin-Fuentes the short distance to the ER aboard a gurney.
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