A wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against the City of Orlando Fire Department following the December 2023 death of a 16-year-old boy with autism, Down syndrome, and end-stage renal disease. The lawsuit, filed August 1, 2025, in Orange County Circuit Court, alleges that paramedics dispatched to the scene failed to assess, treat, or transport the teen despite being informed of his life-threatening condition.
The plaintiff, Dr. Enitza Damaris George Brown, a licensed physician and the boy’s mother, brought the suit as the personal representative of her son’s estate. The complaint outlines a series of events that allegedly began on December 23, 2023, when her son, R.M.G., became ill while the family was visiting Orlando for the holidays. After developing vomiting, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and an elevated respiratory rate, Dr. Brown sought emergency assistance through the hotel front desk, which placed a 911 call describing the patient as being a guest having trouble breathing.
According to the complaint, Orlando Fire Department personnel responded to the call but declined to evaluate or treat R.M.G. despite Dr. Brown identifying herself as a physician and insisting that her son needed immediate medical attention, including IV fluids and oxygen. Instead, the paramedics allegedly told her she could drive him to the emergency room herself and offered to enter directions into her phone…