📎 SWANK Dispatch: The Birthday That Triggered the State
🗓️ 4 January 2024
Filed Under: police escalation, ER racial harassment, NHS negligence, safeguarding misuse, COVID mistreatment, maternal disability, social work retaliation, St Thomas misconduct, birthday sabotage
On 2 January 2024, Polly Chromatic took her daughter Heir to St Thomas’ Hospital because she was experiencing acute respiratory distress, weight loss, dizziness, and an inability to sit upright.
The ER staff subjected her to:
– dismissive comments about her diagnosis
– delayed care
– aggressive questioning about her children while she was visibly ill
– removal from care because her daughter was present
– and the release of false accusations of racism that triggered police involvement
By 4am, nine officers had surrounded her hotel room at the Holiday Inn W8, disrupting her family on the eve of her son Prerogative’s birthday.
And yet:
– Polly had documented her symptoms
– Had already planned a trip to hospital
– Had video evidence of her conduct
– And was diagnosed with COVID and asthma exacerbation at Chelsea & Westminster the next day
🧾 SWANK Commentary
When the cost of asking for medical help is:
— racial slander
— false safeguarding
— nine police officers
— trauma to four children
— and the cancellation of a birthday
You are not being helped.
You are being punished
for being visibly unwell
and maternally competent
at the same time.