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Impatient NC woman activates ED sprinkler system with lighter

She was upset about friend’s 90 minute wait to receive treatment and arrested for her alleged actions

MORGANTON, N.C. — An emergency room in North Carolina came to a halt when the hospital’s sprinkler system was set off on purpose.

Doctors and nurses were forced to move patients after 20-year-old Kathy Milligan set off the sprinklers.

Police say Milligan became frustrated after waiting an hour and a half so a friend could receive treatment.

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