It behooves the patient - covered by WC - to document every event that occurs during the treatment - and bring a witness - so that when the situation arises - the allegations of abuse cannot be easily denied by the therapist(s). The following is a true story and is a clear demonstration of the reason for this admonition.
Further, I accept full responsibility for claims made in this article and if the subject therapist wishes, I invite her to sue me for defamation or slander or whatever remedy she thinks possible - in the face of the stark naked truth regarding this particular matter.
The following account is based upon both my direct observation and information related by the patient of incidents that occurred prior to the time of my role as observer. I take full responsibility for any legal recourse that may be sought by the department head of Gaylord Hospital.
Hopefully, this is not the case elsewhere and with other patients. For if it were so - then it is time to scrutinize the system.
Introduction
This story is a continuation of last week's article on physical therapy and in particular - the therapy program administered at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford, CT.
As I have previously mentioned, Gaylord has one of the finest therapy programs in the United States, let alone the possibility of anywhere in the world.
However, if any of the key personnel - for whatever reason - take a dislike to a patient - then that patient is doomed. This is a detailed account of second-hand, and first-hand observation of just such a situation at Gaylord Hospital.
An Account of the Abuse
For whatever reason, the head of Rehab Therapy at Gaylord took an almost instant dislike to one of her patients, being treated under the auspices of Worker's Compensation (WC). The patient, a female, had been diagnosed with several neuropathies and displayed the symptoms and syndrome of nearly full-body Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD).
During the course of the therapy, the department head taunted and denigrated the patient - whenever there was opportunity for face-to-face communication with the patient. Reports of this taunting and disrespectful - to the patient - dialog angered me to the point where I thought that it would be advisable to accompany the patient to her therapy sessions.
