A Detroit EMT has reportedly been fired amid outrage that she refused to perform CPR on a baby who later died.
Ann Marie Thomas was originally suspended then fired from the Detroit Fire Department Wednesday, after refusing to answer a call regarding an 8-month-old baby who had trouble breathing, according to NBC Detroit affiliate WDIV. The baby, who was taken to the hospital by a crew that arrived 19 minutes after the original call, died the following day.
Despite originally answering the call with her partner from less than a mile away, Thomas wanted to wait until another crew arrived because she was worried the family was hostile, the station reported. Her supervisors said the scene did not have any indication of hostility, and asked four times for Thomas to respond to the call.
An internal report into the incident quotes Thomas as saying she didn't want to be on the scene for 10 minutes doing CPR because "you know how these families can get."
While Thomas was fired, she is currently not facing any criminal charges.
