Refusal to communicate Clips
Doctors, nurses, and hospital administration refusing to communicate with family or advocates.
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 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:
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
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
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
Denied informed consent regarding the...
"They had never approached me. They had never told me straight up. They had never acknowledged it with any here's...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Neglect
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 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
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
Pleas For Help: The victim...
"I had told the nurses to please contact me and tell me what's going on. Have the doctors contact me...
Other Commonalities: Denied alternative treatments + Denied informed consent + Isolation of victim + Neglect + Strict adherence to EUA protocols
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 family member expresses concern...
"I asked them, well, what are they giving him? They wouldn't tell me what kind of medication they were giving...
Other Commonalities: Dehumanization + Denied informed consent + Neglect + Something else