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03-20-2005, 02:19 PM
Arlington, Va. (AP) - One Alexandria paramedic has been fired and another has been suspended after leaving a 56-year-old woman for dead, when she was still alive.
Cegurna Thomas says she had stopped breathing and the paramedics couldn't find a pulse when they came to her home back on February fourth, so they left, leaving police to process the scene.
But police noticed signs of life, and called the paramedics back. They took her to a hospital, where she remained for four days before being discharged.
Thomas says it wasn't the first time something like that has happened.
The president of fire union Local 2141 tells The Washington Post that one of the paramedics was fired and the other was suspended for 24 hours. He says the union has hired a lawyer for the dismissed medic, who had an administrative hearing on Friday and is fighting for her job back.
Cegurna Thomas says she had stopped breathing and the paramedics couldn't find a pulse when they came to her home back on February fourth, so they left, leaving police to process the scene.
But police noticed signs of life, and called the paramedics back. They took her to a hospital, where she remained for four days before being discharged.
Thomas says it wasn't the first time something like that has happened.
The president of fire union Local 2141 tells The Washington Post that one of the paramedics was fired and the other was suspended for 24 hours. He says the union has hired a lawyer for the dismissed medic, who had an administrative hearing on Friday and is fighting for her job back.