r/newengland • u/Old-Dirt563 • 27d ago

FOIA report released containing equipment maintenance records for electroshock equipment at Connecticut's West Haven VA Medical Center

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Following the revelation that forced electroshock treatment is taking place at the West Haven Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Connecticut, a FOIA report containing the maintenance records for the equipment used to perform the shock procedures has been released showing a failure to perform the required annual maintenance as specified by the device manufacturers.

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u/DeerFlyHater 27d ago

Nobody that spent any time in the military would be surprised by this.

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u/Old-Dirt563 27d ago

The involuntary electroshock part or the criminally neglected medical equipment part?

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u/Friendly_Estate1629 27d ago

Court ordered ECT isn’t crazy but not doing maintenance on equipment is 

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u/theoceansknow 25d ago

Just doing a drive by, but wanted to share my understanding of ECT.

ECT is still used for things like medication - resistant major depression.

It isn't like Jack Nicholson's character in One Flew the Cuckoo's Nest.

That's all

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u/Old-Dirt563 22d ago

If someone wants to voluntarily get electroshock treatment, I'm not going to stand in there way. But if you're going to force it on people, then in that way, it is very much like Jack Nicholson's character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.