Narconon – Patient Medication Withheld

May 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Narconon – Patient Medication Withheld

As I approached the young lady sitting at the Narconon Trois-Rivieres dining room table, I noticed tears rolling down her pain grimaced face. Her obvious pain was disturbing to see as I sat across from her and asked what was wrong. “They won’t give me my pain medication”, she said through blood-shot eyes from hours of crying.

Earlier that day, while standing on the icy Narconon grounds, she fell and fractured her arm in 3-4 places. Eventually, the young lady was taken to Hospital Emergency, where X-Rays confirmed a painful multiple fracture of her forearm. Unfortunately, this Hospital could not operate and “Set” her fracture, and she would have to go to an alternate Hospital the next day for the operation.

The attending physician prescribed, and gave her some strong pain medication to alleviate her painful distress, thus helping her to cope and make it through the night without undue suffering.

But this was not to be; Narconon Staff refused to administer the physician prescribed medication. When I asked why, I was informed that the pain medication would interfere with her “Objectives” part of the Narconon Program. “She cannot do Objectives, if she is taking that pain medication”, I was told.

Apparently, it is Scientology Religious Doctrine Policy, that a person who is on pain medication, may not be Audited in a Scientology Auditing Session. The Narconon Objectives part of the Narconon Trois-Rivieres Program is a Scientology Auditing Process.

To see how much painful distress and agony this young lady was in, was both disturbing and emotionally upsetting to myself and other patients. It was absurd to see such a case as this; a deliberate withholding of a physician prescribed medication that a suffering patient so desperately needed.

Eventually, the next day, after many hours through the long night of agony, the Narconon staff gave her the medication.

This was not an isolated case at Narconon Trois-Rivieres; far from it and the abuses from Executive Scientology Authority, must be held accountable. Not only may these acts of abuse be seen as Human Rights and Freedoms violations, but also seen as the Narconon staff acting as a medical authority, over-riding a physician prescribed medication to alleviate a severe and painful condition.

Émilie Dubreuil, from CBC TV Radio Canada, contacted this patient in late 2009 and the story was confirmed and mentioned in a news article published on July 18, 2010. This same patient was also interviewed on camera by a TV Crew and before airing of the show, the interview video at the TV Station went missing.

Three Ex-Narconon Patients were interviewed for this TV Show and it never was broadcast.

By: David Edgar Love

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David Love
Montreal Personal Safety Examiner.

David Edgar Love now resides in the Montreal area. David's does research and writes about public safety, culture, disease and illness, and strives to help persons with human rights and freedoms issues.