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Victim Robbie Thompson (with physician Dr. Moira Dolan): “A review of Robbie’s Tangram file shows that injuries suffered during restraints may have been covered up with accident reports.” | |
Injuries covered up
One Canadian patient sent to Texas' Tangram facility was Robbie Thompson, who was flown there in late 1992 without his parents' knowledge or consent. Based on the latest daily rate being charged for Thompson's treatment, his five year stay at Tangram cost taxpayers an estimated $1.2 million.
"A review of Robbie's Tangram file shows that injuries suffered during restraints may have been covered up with accident reports," said Dr. Moira Dolan, a physician who reviewed Thompson's case at the request of his parents. For example, a December, 1995 accident report stated that Robbie fractured his finger falling in his room.
"With the location of that fracture, it's what we call medically a boxer's fracture," said Dolan. "That means it's the type of fracture you get when you defend yourself. For this type of fracture to happen from falling is just not believable."
The Tangram whistleblower reported that staff who questioned the abuse were ostracized and harassed. "If you're not in the clique, you're in trouble. When you start questioning what you've seen, you're an outsider."
Dolan told Freedom that Tangram's assessment of Thompson is rendered highly suspect when viewed in light of information provided by Robbie's parents, a former Tangram employee who worked with Thompson, and her own examination of him. Robbie's parents reported that during a year-long stay with them, their son never exhibited a behavior problem nor made threats or gestures of harm toward himself or anyone else.
"The progress notes frequently stated that, while Robbie continues to show improvement, he still needs a great deal of assistance, direction and behavior management," said Dolan. "This is incongruous with the noted abilities to teach others how to program a complex computer-watch, assist visually impaired patients and accurately recall 80% of his day."
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