Wounded NYPD Detectives REFUSED Medical Care By Doctors and Nurses at NYU Langone Hospital

In a shocking breakdown of medical ethics, NYU Langone staff denied emergency care to injured NYPD detectives because they believed they were ICE.

Two New York City Police Department detectives were denied medical care late Saturday night/early Sunday morning at NYU Langone Health’s Cobble Hill emergency room because staff mistook them for ICE agents.

The scene devolved into chaos. Nurses and physicians refused treatment, accused the detectives of being with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and only relented after disarming the plainclothes officers—despite the detectives having been injured while apprehending a suspect.

This was not a misunderstanding. It was a crime.

Every medical professional involved violated the Hippocratic Oath and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which mandates emergency evaluation and stabilization regardless