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Jackson sued over Hospital Death.
Feb 26, 2005
The family of a woman who died after being moved out of a trauma room to accommodate the ailing Michael Jackson plans to sue both the US hospital and the star, it emerged.
Manuela Gomez Ruiz, 74, was transferred out of the main trauma room at the Marian Medical Centre in Santa Maria, California, when Jackson was rushed in suffering from "flu-like symptoms" last week.
Her family claims she was taken off a machine ventilator and her breathing was instead assisted manually by a handpump.
Mrs Ruiz was being treated after having a heart attack but suffered two more that day before she died.
Her daughter-in-law, Anna Ruiz, told US network program ABC News she saw Jackson come into the emergency unit.
"He walked in," she said. "When I saw him, he was walking unassisted."
Mrs Ruiz's daughter, Maria Elena Ortiz, was also in the hospital and objected when her mother was moved.
"Why does she have to be moved if he's coming in for a stomach flu?" she said.
"I said, 'My mother just had a heart attack and I think it's more critical than a stomach flu'. They didn't say anything."
The family claims the chaos caused by Jackson's arrival distracted staff. They said equipment had to be crammed into the smaller room and they were limited to two visitors at a time.
Those visitors could not then leave because the hospital restricted movement in the corridors when Jackson arrived, the family claims.
Relatives allege that the hospital's policy "needs to be changed" if a patient with flu can take precedence over someone with a heart attack. They have hired a lawyer to sue the hospital
and the star.
Jackson's publicist Raymone Bain issued a statement saying: "Michael Jackson sends his condolences to the family of the deceased.
"However, it is outrageous that Michael Jackson's name would be invoked into a situation of which he had no authority or control. It appears that ABC is deliberate in its attempt to circumvent Michael Jackson from receiving a fair trial."
Feb 26, 2005
The family of a woman who died after being moved out of a trauma room to accommodate the ailing Michael Jackson plans to sue both the US hospital and the star, it emerged.
Manuela Gomez Ruiz, 74, was transferred out of the main trauma room at the Marian Medical Centre in Santa Maria, California, when Jackson was rushed in suffering from "flu-like symptoms" last week.
Her family claims she was taken off a machine ventilator and her breathing was instead assisted manually by a handpump.
Mrs Ruiz was being treated after having a heart attack but suffered two more that day before she died.
Her daughter-in-law, Anna Ruiz, told US network program ABC News she saw Jackson come into the emergency unit.
"He walked in," she said. "When I saw him, he was walking unassisted."
Mrs Ruiz's daughter, Maria Elena Ortiz, was also in the hospital and objected when her mother was moved.
"Why does she have to be moved if he's coming in for a stomach flu?" she said.
"I said, 'My mother just had a heart attack and I think it's more critical than a stomach flu'. They didn't say anything."
The family claims the chaos caused by Jackson's arrival distracted staff. They said equipment had to be crammed into the smaller room and they were limited to two visitors at a time.
Those visitors could not then leave because the hospital restricted movement in the corridors when Jackson arrived, the family claims.
Relatives allege that the hospital's policy "needs to be changed" if a patient with flu can take precedence over someone with a heart attack. They have hired a lawyer to sue the hospital
and the star.
Jackson's publicist Raymone Bain issued a statement saying: "Michael Jackson sends his condolences to the family of the deceased.
"However, it is outrageous that Michael Jackson's name would be invoked into a situation of which he had no authority or control. It appears that ABC is deliberate in its attempt to circumvent Michael Jackson from receiving a fair trial."
and he wanted me out of his room) - well they could have moved him.....(enter John Belushi: "but nooooooooooo!") - 'cause he would not have gotten his private room...they moved me....well I resisted heavily - said no way - but was in no shape to stop them when they forcibly carried/dragged me (yeah) and all my IVs and such out of the room and down the hall (and I got very sick all over the place during and after!) - it was absolutly miserable...and they put me in with a guy who was way worse off then I (particularly in the pain dept - way not good)....I should have pursued this matter and sued the hospital - because in the move they dislodged a tube I had in me to drain my stomach (nasty business I tell ya)...and it set me back days (and added to my misery)....so...if I ever "go postal" I have a few Doctors and nurses to look up....
how do you know the circumstances and what exactly took place? 
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