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娱乐英语新闻:More witnesses testified against Michael Jackson's personal doctor

2011-10-04来源:Xinhuanet

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two emergency room physicians working at a Los Angeles hospital where Michael Jackson was transferred after he was found unresponsive at his rented home on June 25, 2009, testified against Conrad Murray on Monday, alleging that the "Thriller" singer's personal doctor failed to tell them he had administered Propofol on his patient and refused to let the medical personnel declare Jackson's death.

Richelle Cooper, who was on the 14-member team that tried to revive Jackson at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, testified that the pop superstar was clinically dead by the time he was sent to the hospital at the insistence of Murray, and hospital personnel had tried to revive Jackson for an hour and 13 minutes futilely.

Cooper said she had authorized paramedics at Jackson's rented Holmby Hills estate to pronounce the singer dead at 12:57 p.m. when the singer was still at his bedroom, based on information from the paramedics. They told her that resuscitation efforts had failed and that the singer "felt cold to touch."

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Dr. Conrad Murray (L) looks on during Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles September 28, 2011

"I made a call based on the radio information I had (from paramedics)," Cooper said. "...I felt comfortable pronouncing him (dead)."

Cooper, who began testifying Friday, said that "he was clinically dead" when Jackson was sent to the hospital at 1:13 p.m. "He did not have a pulse."

In her testimony delivered last week, Cooper said that Murray never told her that he had administered the powerful sedative Propofol -- the very drug which had played a vital role in Jackson's death -- to the singer, saying only that he had given the singer Lorazepam.

Cooper noted that it was the first time a patient she had determined to be dead in the field was actually brought in to be treated by her at the hospital.

Cardiologist Thao Nguyen, part of the team which managed to revive the King of Pop, testified that Murray identified Ativan -- another name for Lorazepam -- as the only substance he had given Jackson, but said he was unable to tell when he had administered it or how long it was until the time he realized the singer was not breathing.

She told Deputy District Attorney David Walgren that Murray never mentioned Propofol. The powerful drug poses a severe danger to a patient's respiratory system and should be used in a hospital setting, Nguyen added.

Representatives from AT&T and Sprint/Nextel were also called to the stand today,testifying about phone records showing calls made to and from Murray's two mobile phones in the hours leading up to Jackson's death.

Prosecutors seek to prove Murray, 58, failed to properly monitor Jackson after giving him a lethal dose of Propofol. They claim that instead of watching Jackson in the singer's bedroom, Murray was busy on his cellphone, sending emails and making phone calls before discovering at around 11:56 a.m. that the pop icon had stopped breathing.

Prosecutors contend that the cardiologist "repeatedly acted with gross negligence, repeatedly denied care, appropriate care to his patient, Michael Jackson, and that it was Dr. Murray's repeated incompetence and unskilled acts that led to Mr. Jackson's death on June 25, 2009."

Defense attorneys argued Murray was weaning Jackson off the medication, but that the singer "self-administered" a lethal dose.

The trial is expected to last four to five weeks. Murray, who is set free on a bail of 75,000 U.S. dollars, faces up to four years in prison if convicted of felony charge.