Laura Elliott
@TinyWriterLaura
Writer, maker, chronic illness incubator. Disabled journo. Words in @guardian, @MetroUK, @theipaper, @BylineTimes etc. Rep’d by @PortyLiterary
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UPDATE 6pm 18/4 #SaveCarlasLife :
Thanks to YOU - yes, ALL of YOU - Carla's dad has been able to block the door window off AND neurology will be seeing Carla first thing tomorrow.
This is thanks to the community's action. Not us, not a charity - YOU. Remember that #ExposeMENow
Just over 3 years ago I was discharged from a 7 month hospital stay where I was repeatedly and deliberately pushed to unconsciousness, made to faint on a tilt table several times a week, had the lights switched on and blinds opened when it caused pain #ExposeMENow #SaveCarlasLife
That’s what it would look like if those of us with #severeME were to protest in person. We want to - so very much!
Sorry, almost crashing, can’t do the image description
#SaveCarlasLife
#ExposeMENow
I should be resting but I’m here protesting.
23-year-old Carla is experiencing medical abuse at West Middlesex Hospital. She has #severeME . We demand that staff follow NICE guidelines for ME now.
#SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMENow
Only a week after tweeting for Millie, we're now having to tweet to #SaveCarlasLife
It's unbelievable that these young women with Very Severe ME are experiencing such harm in NHS hospitals
#ExposeMENow
CW: Medical abuse & neglect, Severe M.E
It terrifies me to think how often this is happening to #SevereME patients like Carla.
West Middlesex University Hospital where is your duty of care?
#SaveCarlasLife
Karen, Millie, Carla & more when will #ME CFS be treated as the serious multi-system disease it is? Intolerable suffering for these young women. Please hospitals learn and follow NICE guidelines before more #ME people die. #SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMEnow GMC Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists at West Middlesex Hospital are preventing Carla from being seen by the specialists she needs (neuro, gastro, and cardio). She is seizing, losing consciousness, and losing the capacity to speak. NHS give Carla adequate healthcare
#SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMENow
NHS hospitals must stop abusing #SevereME patients. 23 year old Carla is deteriorating rapidly in hospital due to the psychologising of her very severe ME, just like Millie #SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMEnow GMC @rcphysicians Royal College of Psychiatrists
#SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMENow live from West Middlesex hospital twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
No one should feel tortured at the hands of medical professionals. While drs debate if her condition is psychological, Carla is suffering horrifically, has repeatedly lost consciousness & had seizure-like events that the hospital is ignoring #SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMENow GMC
How many more young women are going to have to be subject to this level of suffering in hospital? How many more are going to die before the world wakes up #SaveCarlasLife #ExposeMENow
Carla is every one of us. She’s you, your colleague, your best friend, your mum, your sister. Her hospital admission is killing her. Guidelines are being ignored. She’s gaslit every second of every day.
Do no harm! #SaveCarlasLife #SevereME Royal College of Psychiatrists LBC The Times and The Sunday Times NHS The RCN