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I have to leave this hear as media will not address and believe this is the only way I can go now.
Hello. For the past three years I have tried to bring attention to the increasing practice of electroshock or ECT at leading facilities. No FDA testing for safety or effectiveness. No pre-market approval ever done involving devices that deliver up to 450 volts and greater to patients brains. No testing done as all know damages that would be revealed. This is discrimination also on part of the FDA in not testing a device or procedure involving a protected population under the ADA. Suits taking place around product liability, suits pending against the FDA, and now firms interviewing for medical malpractice around this issue. Ectjustice has approximately 700 patients on extensive survey with damages and lack of informed consent.This is a health consumer issue, and fraud at best. It needs to be exposed!
The California courts have proved brain injuries, that doctors and facilities are culpable of inflicting for decades under the guise of help. This is being used for many things outside of what it was initially promoted for which was severe depression, and as a last resort. Not so any more. Used for many things. Used on our children, our veterans, women during pregnancy, etc. Doctors and facilities are so deep in this cover ups coming to light and the billions involved annually in the US alone are staggering. Trauma doctors will be used as experts as electrical mechanism is well known to induce TBI at a minimum.
Human research going on at Kaiser Permanente around this issue and all brain studies moving forward will be impacted by these outcomes in courts. Please address this to protect the public for a lifetime of disability secondary to a traumatic brain injury. Electrical trauma impacts all bodily systems so neuro/cognitive outcomes are not the only issues we live with. Trauma experts will be used as this is electrical mechanism of trauma with known and anticipated outcomes in all populations. TBI is a minimum outcome, but all bodily systems impacted by electrical trauma. I have approximately 700 patients on extensive survey with damages and lack of informed consent. Patients showing abnormalities on EEG,MRI, SPECT, EKG, and neuro/cog. testing. If this happened in a home or work setting, verses at the hands of culpable physicians, all would anticipate TBI at a minimum on arrival at a trauma center. You in the field of medicine know full well of mechanism of injury/trauma, and what this electrical mechanism results in. How do you address your responsibilities to address this to protect patients? Do you pretend this is not harming so you can collect a paycheck? To know and not act makes you complicit.
This is coming to light no matter the power dynamics! You could spare many suffering and bring a great story to light. We live with outcomes similar to the NFL players to include symptoms of CTE. We did not have an informed choice in our outcomes however, and are not esteemed to be heard as the NFL it seems. Stop protecting the powerful in their deceit. Please do not be complicit. You have a duty as journalists to report in spite of the power dynamics of parties involved and reputations to be spared. My peers are committing suicide as a direct result of damages, and more importantly secondary to damages being denied and covered up.
These cover ups involving billions of years has got to come to light to protect the public! Doctors and facilities are culpable of withholding these known damages. They have failed criminally in their duty to warn, protect, and not cause harm. It is time to hold them accountable. Please address and do not be complicit.
Warm regards,
Deborah Schwartzkopff
ectjustice
