Perpetrators and police were directed to St. John's Riverside Hospital for medical attention which was not delivered even by 4:00 am Friday morning despite their entering the hospital for emergency attention at about 9:00 pm Thursday night. Those gang members that lost blood in the melee, in a sense sharing bodily fluids during various struggles with the various Police Officers at the scene were allegedly released from further medical attention without blood tests being conducted upon them to ascertain if any of the wounded were infected by any disease, one of the most serious being AIDS. Had the blood tests been conducted as warranted by protocol, the officers about which blood was splattered upon would have been given a prophylactic medicinal cocktail that would help in minimizing their prospect of contracting a death sentence. Instead, St. John's Riverside's Hospital released those who had lost blood to the Yonkers jail. Waiting for the Yonkers City Court to direct that blood tests be given on Monday, August 31, 2009, to the perpetrators, days after the incident occurred is too late to attempt to thwart infection of the Police Officers that were involved. St. John's Riverside must be held liable for any illness that may have been contracted by the Police Officers for the hospital's alleged negligence and alleged lack of adherence to protocol. Excuses are not now sufficient to diminish the anxiety caused the Police Officers who will have to stress over the next six-months to ascertain if they have or have not contracted the AIDS virus.
At approximately 4:00 am, Friday, the Police Officers had lost their patience awaiting medical attention. They decided to call Yonkers Police Benevolent Association President Eddie Armour to apprise him of the situation. Despite an agreement to pay attention to Police Officers hurt on the job without denying others appropriate medical attention, the YPD had still not received medical attention by 5:00 am when Detective Armour called Yonkers Police Chief Charles Gardner to advise him of the latest information. By insinuating himself into the equation, Chief Gardner received St. John's Riverside Hospital's assurance that they would place another doctor on duty to give the needed medical attention to the officers waiting for over 20 hours without medical attention. Yonkers mayor Phil Amicone was apprised of the situation Friday morning, August, August 28, 2009.
Neither Yonkers City Hall, St. John's Riverside Hospital, nor the Yonkers Police Department have made official notice of this incident.
