Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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
Victim expresses frustration regarding the...
"It's hard to get tests done. You have to beg, borrow, and steal, basically, and force doctors to test you....
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied alternative treatments + Gaslighting + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
Evidence of lying or dishonesty;...
"The hospital kept saying they can't get us a BiPAP machine through hospice. That was a lie.
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied alternative treatments + Gaslighting + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
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
Evidence of isolation of the...
"Never. We were not allowed in the building. Period. Point blank. They said you were white some of the times....
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect
The victim describes constant difficulties...
"I would tell him, can you please, you know, answer his phone and set it up so I can talk...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Something else
Poor communication and lack of...
"I had given permission to them to the hospital to talk to my brothers, but they were not getting information...one...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Gaslighting: The victim expresses frustration...
"So one of the times that, I was able to see him on the phone. They had him upside down....
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Dehydration and starvation + Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Non-emergency ventilation + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
The victim expresses disbelief and...
"I tried to get an autopsy, and the pathologist told me that he didn't feel comfortable doing an autopsy because...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolated even in death + Neglect + Something else
The victim mentions the waiting...
"And, you know, they didn't give us any any information as far as what they're gonna do or what medications...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Neglect + Something else
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
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 + Dehydration and starvation + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Unqualified staff