Showing posts with label Mindfreedom Alerts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mindfreedom Alerts. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

9 Year Old Girl Seized In Canada & Force Drugged

This time it's a 9 year old in Canada the Thought Gestapo have seized. She's being poisoned with Thorazine and Risperdal, and Seroquel is being bruited about as an add on to help her sleep.

The pic is 9 year old Ayn and her Dad. Does she Look like she needs to be Chemically Battered with these drugs? Forget the Fact that None of it's even Legal.

Does this Child look like she's a Disposable who has to be locked up and chemically Lobotomized?

http://psychroachesadverseevent.blogspot.com/2009/03/seroquel-adverse-reactions.html

Make some calls Canada. These drugs don't belong in an adult, much less a 9 year old. Mindfreedom lists some E-Mail addresses.

That's nice, but you'd better send Real letters and make Real Phone calls because when you're dealing with This level of Obtuse, Bureaucratic Barbarians, E-Mails will just get flushed.

Mindfreedom.org has;

MF Alert: Canadian 9-year-old forcibly given psychiatric drugs, over family's wishes

Canadian authorities are allegedly giving powerful psychiatric drugs to a nine-year-old girl diagnosed autistic, over the united and expressed wishes of the family, according to her father. MindFreedom issued this alert about how you can help.


Ayn Van Dyk and her father Derek Hoare: Derek says Ayn is being forcibly drugged over the family's wishes.

MindFreedom International Alert - 14 July 2011 [updated 15 July]



9 Year Old Taken From Home, Forced Hospitalized and Forced Drugged in BC, Canada


ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia, Canada. -- Ayn Van Dyk, an autistic 9 year old girl was removed from her family, forced hospitalized and forced drugged after a wandering episode, according to her father Derek Hoare.

The family says the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development took the child on the grounds that the father is overwhelmed, as he is a single father of three children, two of them diagnosed with severe autism. No suspicion of abuse has been alleged.

According to her records, Ayn was placed in a hospital and was medicated with two neuroleptic (antipsychotic) psychiatric drugs: She is receiving 75mg of Chlorpromazine (also known as Thorazine or Largactil) up to twice daily In addition, she is being administered Risperdal (Risperidone).

Seroquel was added to her list of potential meds. And a "sleeping aid."

According to witnesses, Ayn carries all day long a picture of her and her dad. After all the distress and drugging she is wetting her bed.

Her father says Ayn had never been given a psychiatric drug before this experience.



Ayn's Story: Bubbly Little Girl


Her family describes Ayn Van Dyk as a bubbly little girl. She likes photography and baking. She loves pink and crafts. Ayn goes to school and her favorite subject is art, though she loves to write stories as well.

In 2003 she was diagnosed with autism, her family chose not to medicate her, reports her father. On June 16, Ayn had been playing in the backyard of her family's home. Despite a a six-foot fence, she went missing. After frantically looking for her, without success, her father called 911 and a police search commenced. Ayn was found two hours later playing in a neighbor's backyard. Four days later, on June 20, Ayn Van Dyk was taken from her school and into custody by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, against the wishes of her family. Ayn was placed in a "specialized hospital" for evaluation, as she was deemed unsuitable for foster care at the time.

On June 28, 2011, despite objections by the Ministry of Children and Family Development, Ayn was released from the hospital and placed in a foster home, due to the hospital considering that 'hospitalization was no longer appropriate'.

Discharge documents report that Ayn was medicated receiving 75mg of chlorpromazine up to twice daily.

The hospital documents also state that, "We saw no bruises or evidence of physical abuse, and her body status (weight, height, vital signs) showed no evidence of neglect." The Ministry apparently doesn't agree with the discharge and is now seeking a longer term hospital stay of a minimum of 6 weeks and is working toward getting Ayn accepted into the Children's Hospital resident patient program.



PLEASE SIGN the Petition to bring Ayn Home:


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/bring-ayn-van-dyk-home/



PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY (your own words are best).



To see sample letter, click here:

http://bit.ly/ayn-lttr



Contact the Canadian authorities to demand that Ayn is given adequate medical, social, and emotional care while under their custody, and ask that Ayn is released to her family ;

Urge the authorities to review their policies on removal of children with special needs, and specially on forced hospitalization and forced drugging of children.



Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister

80 Wellington Street

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

Fax: (613) 941-6900

E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca



Christy Clark

Premier of British Columbia

Parliament Buildings

Victoria, BC, V8V 1X4

Fax: (250) 387-0087

E-mail: Christy@christyclark.ca



Mary McNeil

Minister of Children and Family Development

Room 306 Parliament Buildings

Victoria, BC V8V 1X4

Fax: (250) 387-9722

E-mail: mary.mcneil.mla@leg.bc.ca



You may join the family's campaign here :


Join the Facebook campaign:

http://www.facebook.com/AynVanDyk



Follow the campaign on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/HelpAyn

Friday, August 27, 2010

MFI Alert: Stop The Force Drugging Of A 31 Year Old Woman In Pittsburgh

Stop the Forced Psychiatric Drugging and Lock-Up of Geetha Rathnamala

A 31-year-old member of MindFreedom International - Geetha Rathnamala - is being held against her will in a Pittsburgh psychiatric institution, and involuntary psychiatric drugging has begun. Geetha is a registered MindFreedom Shield participant. Please expose the abuse going on inside the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC), which is part of the enormous University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Stop the Forced Psychiatric Drugging and Lock-Up of Geetha Rathnamala

Geetha Rathnamala, 31, is being forcibly drugged inside Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) in Pittsburgh.


MindFreedom SHIELD
SOLIDARITYNET Activation - Alert gr.1
24 August 2010 - please forward


MindFreedom member locked up in Pittsburgh psychiatric institution.

Geetha Rathnamala, 31, getting forcibly drugged.


MindFreedom member Geetha Rathnamala phoned the MindFreedom office from the 9th floor of Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic (WPIC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she has been locked up since 11 August 2010.

She said her psychiatrist, Colleen E. Bell, had prescribed the powerful neuroleptic drug Risperdol, and ordered it administered against her will. The forced drugging began on 24 August 2010.

Ms. Rathnamala has been registered on the MindFreedom Shield Registry since May. This means that when she is threatened with coerced psychiatric procedures, she may immediately activate a network of other registrants, and the general public, to speak out.

She has activated her MFI Shield Alert now, saying, "I hope that people will speak up on my behalf and make them see reason!"

Geetha is a survivor of forced psychiatric prcoedures from three years ago, and found this highly traumatic. She said, "I've learned that you can't force people to be well. When you cage them up and force them to be 'well,' you cause more harm than good."

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* * * MFI SHIELD ALERT ACTION * * *


PLEASE keep all complaint messages civil and peaceful -- though strong -- to follow MindFreedom guidelines.

CONTACT: Governor of Pennsylvania, Edward G. Rendell.

You will find contact info, including link to an easy web form (note their web site is slow, be patient or try later) here:

http://3.ly/PennGovContact

Sample message (your own words are best):

"Please urgently investigate a report from MindFreedom International that a psychiatric facility in your state is unfairly holding a woman against her will, and forcing her to take a psychiatric drug. Name: Geetha Rathnamala. Location: Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Please look into this, and support the human rights of Geetha Rathnamala."

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ADDITIONAL ACTIONS

  • If possible, please e-mail a COPY of your message to Geetha and her suppoerters at grathna@gmail.com, and to MindFreedom at action@mindfreedom.org. These comments may be shared with the public.
  • Please FORWARD this alert to all concerned people on and off Internet.
  • Please also COMPLAIN to Jeffrey Romoff, President & CEO of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the umbrella entity for WPIC. Complain via his Office of Ethics at: complianceaskus@upmc.edu.
  • EMAIL David A. Lewis, M.D., Medical Director of WPIC, at lewisda@upmc.edu or phone at 412-624-9910.
  • EMAIL to Dr. Michael Travis, WPIC Residency Program Director, to ask him to investigate alleged forced drugging by his resident Dr. Bell at: travismj@upmc.edu
  • Please leave a PHONE MESSAGE at WPIC at 412-624-1000 extension 5 for Claudia Roth, PhD (President of WPIC).


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Statement from Rajit Kishor Patel -- Geetha's boyfriend:


"Geetha is being held there against her will, and there is no valid reason. Her 302 form says something along the lines 'that she was wearing stickers on her head and attempted to leave the building and got upset when they wouldn't let her out'.

"She has been highly cooperative working with the staff and the doctors, and she is in a state where she clearly poses no threat to herself or anyone else. Still, they're really pushing for her to take medications, but she has strongly declined, while still maintaining a cooperative attitude. Now they've initiated the process to have her forcefully medicated!

"She was forcefully medicated 3 years ago... it not only took time to cleanse/heal physically, but she still holds pain/memory from the last experience. Something needs to happen to stop this. Even, if they're not letting her out... they cannot go through with this forceful medication...

"I do not know what I can do. She really wants me to get in touch with media and lawyers, but I have no experience and little understanding of how this all works. She's sticking very firm to the principle, that she hasn't done anything that warrants detainment and especially forceful medication.

"She's very sharp, has a clear understanding of what's happening, and would be able to explain her situation better. She had initiated a lawsuit, which is still in progress, from her incident three years ago. However, right now, she's cut off from access to the outside world, and is begging to get some help. I am saddened, because she is such a kind and caring person, but has maintained a strong will...

"Still, I think she may be starting to lose hope in her situation as there is no change."

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Additional info:


Geetha alleges that her psychiatrist, Dr. Colleen Bell, had two psychiatrists sign off on her forced psychiatric drug order: Gaurav Gandotra, MD and Charles Kahn, MD.

Geetha says that her religious beliefs -- Hinduism and Buddhism -- should allow her to be free of all drugs. Geetha was born in India, moved from there at the age of 9, and self-identifies with the culture and language there.

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THE ABOVE is based on the initial MFI Shield activation alert -- [named gr.1] -- sent to the MFI SOLIDARITYNET.

Discussion about Geetha's situation will be on the MindFreedom Shield discussion list, which current MindFreedom members may join at:

http://intenex.net/lists/listinfo/shield

For more information about MindFreedom Shield and MindFreedom International see:

http://mindfreedom.org/shield

Join and support MindFreedom here:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate

PLEASE FORWARD THIS ALERT



Ed; "Geetha says that her religious beliefs -- Hinduism and Buddhism -- should allow her to be free of all drugs. Geetha was born in India, moved from there at the age of 9, and self-identifies with the culture and language there."

Ms Geetha Rathnamala is welcome to 'Self-Identify' with anything she pleases, so long as it doesn't include Shoving what She personally Identifies with down anyone Else's throat.

And in This case - as in Every case of Psychiatric Force & Fraud in the United States - No One Else has any right to Shove Anything down Her throat Either.

If it can be Done To HER, It can be Done To You.

"Congress Shall Make NO Law, ..... "