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Nurse Won't Give CPR, Elderly Woman Dies
Monday, March 4, 2013    
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911 dispatcher in Bakersfield, CA, pleads for help

(NEWSER– A nurse at a senior living facility north of Los Angeles refused to administer CPR to an 87-year-old woman who was hardly breathing—and who later died, theLA Times reports. "It’s a human being," pleaded Bakersfield fire dispatcher Tracey Halvorson on a 911 tape recorded this week. "Is there anybody that’s willing to help this lady and not let her die?" The nurse paused and said, "Um, not at this time."

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