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Policy Coordinator at @MyEDF. Personal account. Tweets in EN & ES: #accessibility, ICT, political communication and disability rights.
Apr 26, 2019 7 tweets 2 min read
Forced treatment, restraint and seclusion are not mistakes, but torture. Let me try to summarise another tragic story of medical malpractice, in which prejudices against persons with psychosocial disabilities caused the death of a 26-year-old Spanish woman. Thread. Andreas Fernández suffers from acute tonsillitis. On Tuesday she goes to the hospital emergency room because she hears “noises”. Besides the regular tests, the medical report also includes her mother’s psychiatric history. On Wednesday she returns due to anxiety.