Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Victim was denied antibiotics despite...
"He didn't need antibiotics. It wouldn't help. But my daughter has she's an RN. She she was the one that...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Infections and injuries + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
Victim mentions a sense of...
"It just got worse and worse as time went on. And that call button, every time I hit that call...
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
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
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