Barbara Dawson

Recording: Woman lay in parking lot 18 minutes, later died

Published on January 6, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

A woman who collapsed and later died after being forcibly removed from a Florida hospital lay in the parking lot beside a police officer’s car for nearly 18 minutes before a doctor readmitted her, according to police dash-cam audio and video released on Wednesday. Attorneys for the family of Barbara Dawson renewed their charges of negligence against Liberty Calhoun Hospital and Blountstown Police as multiple state agencies continue their investigation into Dawson’s Dec. 21 death. “We have heard that time…

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Documents: Officer tried put woman in car after collapse at Liberty-Calhoun Hospital

Published on December 29, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

A police officer tried to put a woman into a patrol car after she collapsed at a hospital, believing that she was “making herself dead weight” to avoid going to jail, according to a police report released Monday. The woman, 57-year-old Barbara Dawson, died about 90 minutes later at Liberty-Calhoun Hospital. The state law enforcement department and the state’s health care agency have launched investigations. Dawson was initially brought to the hospital on Dec. 21 by ambulance after complaining of…

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