I was on anti-depression medical treatment from 1997 up to 2000 by Montreal Jewish General Hospital Mantel Institution. The medical treatment I received even made me worse than before. And I lost able to work that I have to rely on social welfare to survive.
The side effects I got it made me lost sexual functional then after I got sense add with my testis; end of 1997 when I was discharged from hospital, I was worse than before—my movement like old age people, my mind can't function well; I couldn't concentrate to do anything...
I went back to learn more about side effects, doctor Davis told me that the hospital used the anti-depression treatment for me is very advanced without no side effects show. With continually medical treatment, I was suffered and my doctor Davis changed three times of the inscription of medication try to adjust unfortunately didn't work out.
Start 1998, I try to find a job to quite welfare support to live as a normal life, with the concentration problem and slow movement, I was always failed even with a simple job; and I have to quite French class and stop my English tutoring class with the same reason.
With the changing of anti-depression medicine, the side effects even showing more stronger, and I have to went back to hospital emergency to waiting minimum 6 hours just to have a short to stop the suffering of the side effects since it made me lost hope to continue my life...
Since end of 1998, I became sleepless (everyday less a hour) and I have to back to the emergency to have a short from two months once, then one month once; two weeks once became once week once, twice... I don't know what to do with this anymore, my family relative and friends all lost a hope thought I would live like this forever.
I was lucky to have a sister who is Chinese doctor. With her help, I found Asian traditional medical treatment that I almost get out from depression and side effects. The reason why I was unable to cure complete because the law of Welfare system that I have to return back from Thailand and China for the medical treatment.
Even that, I am already feel much better since I stop to take anti-depression medication and I learned how to use acupressure, magnetism water and Chinese meditation to continually healing my illness and side effects that I was preparing back to work.
Since I was under bankruptcy protection, my daughter took her education found to let me get remarry and try to start a family business to live by our own without welfare support, but things didn't work out since we got fraud again by Bank of Montreal.
I was lucky to get remarried during the first treatment I received in Thailand--today my new wife join with us living together as a family class immigrant and we also have a little baby girl who is already a Canadian citizen.
With a new hope, I found a program SAJE and I made a business plan try to start all over again to have a simple warm family life. Unfortunately SAJE didn't accept my project that I have to redo again. And with financial reason, we unable to exercise our legal rights with Bank of Montreal...
With all the unfair I had passed through 7 years once my late wife death that I am involved with all kind of legal problems since MUC police just used me then left me in the darkness, with the negligent, discrimination and unrespectable of my legal rights, my family and I have to facing all kind difficulties without ending...
I still try to work out with all kind difficulties to quite welfare and live as a normal life as the others, but the last hope I was putting on with my deputy and CLSC social service, the result told me it was my other dreaming.
I put back a hope from hospital again my doctor again since at Metal Institution it provides different services at least have some one would listen to me to make me fell better. I was regretted since with the wrong impression my doctor received from my social worker, he believed I was in danger with my self and the others; by force, I was in hospital Adult Mental Institution for closing medical treatment and confinement.
No matter how much my family and I tried to let they understand this was a mistaking since I just looking for social support, it was not looking for hospitalize. With the Mental Institution, except general helpers who believe this is medical error, no one else. With discriminations of my remarriage and Asian traditional medical treatment I received especially of the fact is proving western depression treatment failed, doctor was so mad since I stop to take western medical treatment instead I am continually using Asian traditional.
During I was in the Metal Institution until my lawyer released me on June 28, 2002, I was suffered by the way de treated: Without respect, instead provide social service to my family since doctor put me inclosing treatment, with my request, doctor called Sun Youth Children Protection try to take away our baby; furthermore, doctor put me UTT and claiming this is better place for me to stay.
With the first medical treatment I received in 1997 and follow by this medical error, no one from the hospital tells me about my legal rights and how do I excising my legal rights. Without respect my decision freedom choice of medication especially with my Chinese meditation practicing, UTT forced me to receive anti-injection and they were claiming Asian traditional medical treatment doesn’t work, that’s why I was here that they locked me on the bed more than 5 hour even I didn’t against physically to receive anti-depression injection.
With my complaint of the way treat that doctor promised me once I am in Mental Institution, I would get social service in the hospital and I should see doctor in the same date. But once they put me in 4 East, no one comes to see me even with my requests, and with my basically request to see a physical doctor regarding the side effects and other physical health problems that no one cares.
I try to find a way to learn what are my legal rights since I believe this is a medical error. But it was impossible since Mental Institution never let me instead they even cut phone line to stop I have a phone conversation with my lawyer. Once more, when I found out my legal rights and I want contest the medical error, doctor pretended there was no legal action against me. But the day before the court hearing, my lawyer found out, then doctor told me according my present health condition, it’s not good idea to let me appear at the court.
I disagreed and I try to learn more about how to protect and exercise my legal rights, but it was impossible. I left messages on hospital lawyer answering machine to confirm I want contest to appear in the court. With doctor request any complaints I should drop down by written, but it never responded with my any letters. Furthermore, the date of before my hearing time, doctor refused my request instead they disconnected phone line till passed hour of my hearing time.
Once more, doctor made an order only I could access phone three times per shift with in 10 minutes including the phone call with my lawyer. And they don’t care the family crisis since they put me in hospital especially my wife just new arrived without any relative and friend that everyone were so scared I will on anti-depression treatment again and just one injection I received I suffered with side effects brought back everyone to the past the way they saw me…
That was the only support I could provide to my family with phone conversation took away from me since we never get any support from social service either by hospital nor CLSC that was the only way I was supporting them through by talk on the phone. Furthermore, doctor threaten me with get order for force injection, and doctor and social worker from the hospital were accusing me I made phone harassment to hospital lawyer and Ombudsman of Hospital…
The fact is: I called hospital lawyer to exercise my legal rights, left 4 messages of request to join the hearing to appear that was never responded; I call Ombudsman of hospital, the lady promised me to leave my name then she will call me back, instead High Care was accusing me of I insulted that lady more than 6 times… That the complaint we dropped—by my family and myself, up to today, no any respond.
Furthermore, before the court time, I was just have a phone conversation with Administratif du Quebec to find away how could I protect and exercise my legal rights with the unrespectable, not humanly treatment I was facing too, with doctor order, High Care disconnect the phone line with the reason of I was to exciting. Doctor insulted my family and me.
Doctor told me the reason put in closing medical treatment and confinement because I was too active, overreacting, delusional. They thought all the legal and financial problems and all the difficulties I facing to, they believe that was just my imagination especially the fraud we recently got from Bank of Montreal; even my daughter brought all the proofs want doctor to look at all I said is real, but no doctor pay attention on it, instead they just do what they like to do.
With my complaint of force injection, doctor put me in High Care and claiming that is quite place better for me to stay. From 4 East to UTT, they ask security men forced my family leave to stop they visiting me; from UTT transferred me to High Care, they cut the family visiting and phone conversation time try to let me get back on anti-depression treatment. Many times they mentioned to me or I accept to take medication, otherwise I might stay Metal Institution forever.
Metal Institution also tries to make a deal with me if I start take medication, sooner they will let me go home to join with my family. With the court hearing, doctor has nothing to against me, doctor even used my baby to against me with an excuses that I was play with my baby too hard and they worry I could hurt my baby; the judge was wondering why I didn’t showing at the court? The explanation was hospital unable to bring me to the court since they believe even with two nurses as my guardians that they still unable to guarantee if I would harming the others or myself.
Furthermore, when I got a my court date to against hospital decision, and I made a request to have a look about my medical file before the court date, doctor refused with the reason of my health condition better do not look at in this time. Hospital abused my legal rights, discriminated of my marriage and Asian traditional medical treatment; and they didn’t respect about Chinese culture continually force me to take medication. They are not against me personal, they against is the different culture.
The conclusion of the felling about me from doctor that they wrote on my medical record: verbally aggressive, too active and delusional, but they never realised how they be treated me in the Metal Institution, and they even don’t allow me to use acupressure and meditation to improving my health. With the court hearing, the judges wondered why hospital and doctor never mention how harmfully of the side effects I got and why never told the court about the real reason I was in the hospital?