Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
Isolation of victim; Victim describes...
"you had to leave them. You couldn't go in. You couldn't walk them in. You couldn't do anything... we weren't...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Removal of communication devices
Emotional impact: The family sought...
"Meanwhile, I kept calling like, I must have called them every day and asked them... and they pretty much told...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim expresses anger and frustration...
"And I ended up having to to also, send an email to the administrator of the hospital, because at this...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Something else
Victim expresses dissatisfaction with hospital...
"I said, well, this is my husband, and I'll take all the pictures I want... Still to this day, nobody...
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim + Neglect
Emotional Impact. The family member...
"I walked back in and I said, is somebody gonna let me know what's happening?
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim
Evidence of refusal to communicate....
"this we're just, like, waiting waiting to hear from the doctors, you know, what's going on, you know, what's the...
Other Commonalities: Neglect
Victim discusses denial of communication...
"And I was told by an infectious doctor, I think, the next day that they were putting him on I...
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim + Neglect
The victim details their distress...
"I would call the hospital, and the phone would just ring nonstop. I'd call the nurses' station. It would ring...
Other Commonalities:
Denied alternative treatments: The victim...
"So, nonetheless, I didn't hear anything back, but I did on another occasion, twice, I spoke with doctors about that,...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
Family was not allowed to...
"did then they still didn't even let you come in to view him... we weren't allowed to touch him at...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolated even in death + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Pervasive sense of wrongdoing. The...
"On August fourth, I realized they're still not calling us. You know, nothing's happening. We're not getting any communication. I...
Other Commonalities: Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of isolation of the...
"She was totally isolated, from right from her first her positive COVID test. They escorted me out of the hospital....
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing