Dehydration and starvation Clips
Denial of food, water, or any nutrition. Given diuretics or laxatives.
The victim describes being denied...
"They've not brought me anything to eat... I want you to take him off of these medications, and I want...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Neglect + Palliative care pressure + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of dehydration and starvation...
"he told me at one point that, my dad was only being given five hundred calories a day, which is...
Other Commonalities: Neglect
Lainie expressed concern about her...
"Every day, I did ask what she was on. And every day, I asked why she was not on fluids.
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of dehydration and starvation,...
"they were, like, not giving her water. For styrofoam cups of water... apparently, if you're denied liquids when you're older,...
Other Commonalities: Neglect
The victim describes a lack...
"Dignity would have been allowing a sick man, his family, his advocates in the room, feeding him, giving him water,...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim believes they or their...
"I called in a, a specialist and asked if they would put him on dialysis to to get his kidneys...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Neglect + Palliative care pressure
Evidence of neglect and lack...
"And, you know, the no food and no water thing, when he was awake, dad, did you get dinner? No....
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim + Neglect + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Denied alternative treatments and refused...
"I asked them to take him off of it. Michael didn't wanna be on remdesivir. ... they refused. The one...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Neglect + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
The victim's family member describes...
"and after the remdesivir, you could see his creatine levels in his urine rise. And that was alarming to me...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
The victim expresses a belief...
"But as soon as these people took this remdesivir... I think, is what honestly killed my mom between that and...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
The victim's loved one believes...
"Do home protocols and vitamins and other medications at home.
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied alternative treatments + Isolation of victim + Neglect
Evidence of neglect and lack...
"I was doing I told him to FaceTime me or whatever he could do, tolerate. And the nurse just says,...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Refusal to communicate + Unqualified staff