2 Denver firefighters declared a living woman dead without assessing her
Two Denver firefighters were suspended without pay after they declared a woman dead when she was actually alive, officials said.
One of the firefighters, Lt. Patrick Lopez, was also demoted over the June 24 incident, the city's Department of Public Safety said in an order of disciplinary action.
The fire department was called to the woman's home to assist police officers in conducting a welfare check after her father said that she had undergone stomach surgery and he had not heard from her in several days.
The order says that an officer went into the home, came out and said the woman had bluish-purple discoloration on the skin, fluid leaking from her body and smelled like she was decomposing.
Lopez, according to the order, said the officer told firefighters they did not need to go inside the home because the woman was "obviously dead." Lopez said he then instructed firefighter Marshall Henry to call the local hospital and ask for a doctor to provide a pronouncement of death.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-denver-firefighters-declared-living-woman-dead-assessing-rcna55653
She was septic, not dead. But the fact that they didn't even assess her......? 
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