Dying Man Robbed In Philadelphia Emergency Room (Video)

POLITICS

» by Danielle Canada December 4, 2009, 18:12pm

Police are looking for two men who robbed a man as he died after waiting over an hour to at a Philadelphia emergency room.
63-year-old Joaquin Rivera walked to Northeast Philadelphia hospital Saturday after experiencing shooting pain down his right side. Once there he waited for nearly 80 minutes before clutching his chest and going unconscious. He is believed to have died shortly thereafter.

Police have released a portion of the video footage to the public. The complete tape shows Rivera going to the window twice in the 11 minutes after he arrived complaining of chest pain, before he loses consciousness. Two men believed to be homeless are wanted in connection with robbing Rivera after he was dead. One of the men is shown on the video approaching the ailing men and slipping off his watch. A third man, 44-year-old Richard Alten, is already in police custody.

The video of Joaquin Rivera's robbery is below.

A.) How dumb do you have to be to rob someone in an emergency room? There are cameras EVERYWHERE.

B.) How'd they let this man die before being treated? 80 minutes in an emergency room? SMH...

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