By Elissa Silverman
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — A 39-year-old Northeast Washington man died yesterday, a few hours after paramedics responding to his complaints of chest pains and trouble breathing told him he had acid reflux and did not take him to a hospital, family members said.
D.C. fire officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Edward L. Givens, who was found by family members just before 6 a.m. in his home in the 700 block of Division Avenue. Paramedics told Givens late Tuesday that he had acid reflux, instructed him to take Pepto-Bismol and left, family members said.
“I don’t understand the paramedics, why, when he said he was in chest discomfort, he wasn’t taken to the hospital,” said Lolitha Givens, the man’s mother, who lives in the home and was there when 911 was called Tuesday night. “I’m just baffled by that.”
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