Knowing Michael's health history is important, especially as fans, so as to know what happened.
In 1980, Michael collapsed on stage, he was taken to hospital and the Triumph tour was cancelled
In 1990 while dancing alone at his flat in LA, Michael collapsed. He recovered briefly, crawled to the phone and called his doctor who in turn immediately called the ambulance. Michael was taken to hospital.
In 1995, while rehearsing for a show, Michael collapsed. He was rushed to hospital immediately.
In 1999, while dancing, Michael collapsed. He was rushed to a private clinic.
In 2009, after 3 hours of dancing, Michael complained he wasn't feeling well. He told Frank who claims a doctor was sent over.
That's possibly why Doctor Murray walked in to watch over Michael and found he had a weak pulse.
The doctor began CPR and then also called the ambulance.
Here is the problem. In this last incident, there seems to have been a delay in getting him from home to hospital. He shouldn't have been left alone to sleep when compalining of feeling unwell if the doctor had known his past medical history.
The problem is this was a new doctor who had not dealt with Michael extensively in the past and did not know how to respond effectively when Michael collapses.
The 1980 and 1995 incident happened in public so the immediate reaction is to call an ambulance.
The 1990 happened when Michael was alone but the doctor was not present so the immediate response was to call the ambulance.
In 2009, the doctor seemed to have taken some of the responsibility on himself when Michael had a weak pulse.
But had he known, he would have alerted security and done CPR as MJ was speeded off to hospital which was 8 minutes away, or alerted someone to call the ambulance while starting CPR.
That would have given Michael time to be supported by machines and recover.
The situation seems to be a combination of several things
- A doctor who didn't know Michael's medical history very well.
- Leaving Michael alone after he complained of not feeling very well after rehearsals.
- probable slight delay in requesting a dispatch of the ambulance