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Milwaukee Woman Dies After Waiting Hours in ER, Family Pursues Legal Options [VIDEO]

*The Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee is under fire after a woman died while waiting several hours in the emergency room.

The family of Tashonna Ward, 25, is blasting the hospital for not providing her more urgent care, according to reports.

Ward went to the emergency room at Froedtert Hospital, complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath, WITI reported.

After undergoing several tests, including a chest X-ray showing an abnormal enlargement of the heart, she was sent back to the waiting room. But after sitting in pain for two and a half hours, Ward decided to seek help at an urgent care center. Sadly, she collapsed in the parking lot and was rushed back to the hospital.

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“She didn’t even have a band on her wrist [when I picked her up] so she was never even processed in,” her sister, Brianna Ward, told WJDT.

“All they did was take her to the back, do chest X-rays, send her back in the lobby. She was never even admitted.”

Ward was pronounced dead minutes after arriving back at the hospital in an ambulance. Her cause of death: hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

“I need them to explain this to me, why they didn’t treat my daughter when she was there,” said her mother, Yolanda Ward

“The family is in our thoughts and has our deepest sympathy,” a hospital spokesperson told WJDT.

According to heavy.com, the Ward family has consulted with a lawyer about possible next steps against the hospital. They also intend to donate extra money raised on their GoFundMe campaign to help with “other expenses related to helping change laws, protocols and legislation tied to long wait times in the ER for patients with shortness of breath and chest pain.”

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