Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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:
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
The victim expresses a desire...
"I'm still fighting to try to get all his records. They still won't send me all his records. I've actually...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing + Refusal of transfer
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
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
Denied informed consent regarding intubation,...
"I asked, am I gonna die? And I was told, well, I guess that's up to you. I asked the...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim
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
Evidence of denial of family...
"No response because they said she was too tired or just didn't wanna talk when and we found out her...
Other Commonalities: Removal of communication devices
Victim discusses a lack of...
"I couldn't even call his nurse because I was going to ask if I can either come down there and...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
This segment indicates that the...
"She assured me it was just to give his lungs a rest, just just to give him a rest to...
Other Commonalities: Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Isolation of victim + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Evidence of emotional turmoil and...
"They called us up to the hospital. I know it was three times to tell us it was her last...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Isolation of victim + Perception of malevolence + Pervasive sense of wrongdoing
Victim discusses being denied alternative...
"They try to tell me then that the vitamin c that I'm asking for is ridiculous. It would kill him....
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Gaslighting + Neglect