A funeral program shows Edith Isabel Rodriguez, who died last month on the floor of the emergency room lobby at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital despite pleas to 911 dispatchers from her boyfriend and a bystander. (Mark Boster / LAT)
Sisters Christina, left, and Kimberly Rodriguez embrace at their mother’s funeral in Pico Rivera. (Mark Boster / LAT)
Kimberly Rodriguez gazes at her mother’s casket. Investigations have shown that Edith Isabel Rodriguez, 43, writhed on the ground for 45 minutes while being ignored by hospital staff. At one point, a janitor cleaned around her. (Mark Boster / LAT)
Relatives of Edith Isabel Rodriguez carry her casket. Her death triggered a federal inspection of King-Harbor hospital, formerly King/Drew. (Courtney Hergesheimer / LAT)
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Christina, left, and Kimberly embrace at the funeral. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled that their mother died of a perforated bowel. (Courtney Hergesheimer / LAT)
Mourners including family and friends of Edith Rodriguez pay their respects at the Tehachapi Public Cemetery. Rodriguez died at King-Harbor May 9 after writhing on the floor for 45 minutes. (Mark Boster / LAT)
