🖋️ SWANK Dispatch | 14 December 2024
“A&E Feels Like a Courtroom. I Go There to Breathe, Not Defend Myself.”
Filed From: Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
Author: Polly Chromatic
Filed Under: NHS Hostility · Verbal Disability Discrimination · Respiratory Crisis · Medical Neglect · SWANK Emergency Record
The Email
On 14 December 2024, Polly Chromatic wrote to Kirsty Hornal and Sarah Newman, with Laura Savage, Philip Reid, and Simon O’Meara copied:
“I’m very ill and afraid to go to A&E just to be bullied and not believed.”
“Every time it’s almost too much trouble to bother because it’s so much effort to even get there when I can’t breathe.”
“Then they want to argue about it and they make me even sicker, and on top of that they accuse me of crimes because they are so hostile and don’t believe me.”“The bottom line is that no one cares, so it’s best if everyone just leaves us alone and we will deal with it as best we can.”
“I greatly appreciate Dr Reid for his help. No one has ever helped us like he has.”
This is not avoidance. It is self-preservation.
Every emergency visit becomes a trial by disbelief, with breathing framed as evidence and silence framed as guilt.
A Final Plea
Please Note: I suffer from a disability which makes speaking verbally difficult. I prefer to communicate telepathically to minimise respiratory strain; however, email is fine.
📍 Logged in Crisis by:
Polly Chromatic
Director, SWANK London Ltd
📧 director@swanklondon.com
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