By John Zimmerman When it was over, her life was over; all there was left for the hospital to do was to mop up the blood. The blood she had vomited while she lay on the emergency room floor. Waiting for help that came too late, even while she writhed in pain, for 45 minutes, from a perforated bowel.

By Jeremiah Marquez Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- When Edith Isabel Rodriguez showed up in the emergency room of an inner-city hospital complaining of severe stomach pain, the staff was already familiar with her.

When Edith Isabel Rodriguez showed up in the emergency room of an inner-city hospital complaining of severe stomach pain, the staff was already familiar with her. It was at least her third visit to Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital in as many days.

By DAISY NGUYEN LOS ANGELES -- Workers at an inner-city hospital where a woman died last month on the floor of an emergency room have received training on their responsibilities, officials said.

By CHARLES ORNSTEIN By Charles Ornstein Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES It might have gone down as the death of a "quasi-transient" woman with a history of abusing drugs. That's how the May 9 death of Edith Isabel Rodriguez initially was reported to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.