Since these are obviously a second hand story at best, and the Negril rumor mill being as active as it is - I am hesitant to make any firm statements of fact about this case. I heard that the person who had the heart attack died walking to the beach from the road along a beach access area and not at any specific hotel property. That being said, several hotels in Negril do have trained staff and defibrillators on property such as Seastar Inn.
While our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, there is an ambulance in Negril with trained EMTs with proper medical supplies and it serves the Negril and the surrounding areas. It can often be heard rushing to an emergency.
Since I was not present nor have any detailed knowledge of either incident, it is always a possibility that the ambulance was already on a call as it does serve the local community. And reality being what it is, once a person is dead, there is no need for the ambulance as there is nothing they can do and it does become a police matter and the coroner and morgue become involved. I know this as I was at a hotel when a wife discovered that her husband had passed in his sleep. It is no longer a medical issue so the proper channels seemed to have been followed in case described above.
As for an Italian teacher dying in a guest house- this story was reported in Star back on January 9th, nearly two months go. She was an advanced cancer patient and died while waiting to be transported to the hospital. Once again, our thoughts and prayers go out to her famly and friends.
http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/2013...ews/news5.html
There are no real further details so to make any firm statements or judgments amount to nothing more than rumor and speculation, which truly serve no useful purpose.
